A large outbreak of typhoid fever associated with a high rate of intestinal perforation in Kasese district, Uganda, 2008-2009

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1091-1099

  Neil, Karen P ^a,b   Sodha, Samir V ^b   Lukwago, Luswa ^c   O Tipo, Shikanga ^d   Mikoleit, Matthew ^b   Simington, Sherricka D ^b   Mukobi, Peter ^e   Balinandi, Stephen ^d   Majalija, Samuel ^f   Ayers, Joseph ^g   Kagirita, Atek ^h   Wefula, Edward ⁱ   Asiimwe, Frank ^j   Kweyamba, Vianney ^k   Talkington, Deborah ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b   Adem, Patricia ^b   Batten, Brigid C ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^b   Mintz, Eric ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^e Kasese District Health Office   (Uganda)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g Catholic Medical Mission Board   (United States)

^h Central Public Health Laboratory   (Uganda)

ⁱ Kilembe Mines Hospital   (Uganda)

^j Kagando Hospital   (Uganda)

^k Bwera Hospital   (Uganda)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855985564     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis025     Document Type: Article

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