Public health management of salmonella typhi/paratyphi case and contact screening: Lessons from North London

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-213

  Addiman, S ^a   Maimaris, W ^a   Thomas, H L ^b   White, G ^c   Lawrence, J ^d   Balasegaram, S ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Protection Services   (United Kingdom)

^c North East and North Central London HPU HPA   (United Kingdom)

^d HPA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric fever; Microbiological screening; Paratyphoid; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TYPHOID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTACT TRACING; FECES; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 84875273114     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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