Descriptive epidemiology of typhoid fever during an epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Polonsky, Jonathan A ^a   Martínez Pino, Isabel ^a,b   Nackers, Fabienne ^a   Chonzi, Prosper ^c   Manangazira, Portia ^c   Van Herp, Michel ^d   Maes, Peter ^d   Porten, Klaudia ^a   Luquero, Francisco J ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIPLEY K; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84915757924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114702     Document Type: Article

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