Correction: A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January - June 2015 (BMC Public Health (2017) 17 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-4002-0);A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January - June 2015

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kabwama, Steven Ndugwa ^a   Bulage, Lilian ^a   Nsubuga, Fred ^a   Pande, Gerald ^a   Oguttu, David Were ^a   Mafigiri, Richardson ^a   Kihembo, Christine ^a   Kwesiga, Benon ^a   Masiira, Ben ^a   Okullo, Allen Eva ^a   Kajumbula, Henry ^b   Matovu, Joseph ^b   Makumbi, Issa ^a   Wetaka, Milton ^a   Kasozi, Sam ^a   Kyazze, Simon ^a   Dahlke, Melissa ^a   Hughes, Peter ^c   Sendagala, Juliet Nsimire ^c   Musenero, Monica ^a   Nabukenya, Immaculate ^a   Hill, Vincent R ^d   Mintz, Eric ^d   Routh, Janell ^d   Gómez, Gerardo ^d   Bicknese, Amelia ^d   Zhu, Bao Ping ^d   more..

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Case control; Outbreak; Typhoid fever; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; TRANSMISSION; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEVERAGES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008394101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4801-y     Document Type: Erratum

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