Neurologic Manifestations Associated with an Outbreak of Typhoid Fever, Malawi - Mozambique, 2009: An Epidemiologic Investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sejvar, James ^a   Lutterloh, Emily ^b,c   Naiene, Jeremias ^d   Likaka, Andrew ^e   Manda, Robert ^e   Nygren, Benjamin ^b   Monroe, Stephan ^a   Khaila, Tadala ^e   Lowther, Sara A ^b   Capewell, Linda ^b   Date, Kashmira ^b   Townes, David ^b   Redwood, Yanique ^b   Schier, Joshua ^f   Barr, Beth Tippett ^b   Demby, Austin ^b   Mallewa, Macpherson ^g   Kampondeni, Sam ^g   Blount, Ben ^f   Humphrys, Michael ^b   Talkington, Deborah ^b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^h   Mintz, Eric ^b   more..

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

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

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOZAMBIQUE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; SPASTICITY; TREMOR; TYPHOID FEVER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 84870697608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046099     Document Type: Article

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