Investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Typhi in Battalgazi district, Malatya-Turkey

Salmonella Typhi infections are important public health problems for the developing countries. In this study we investigated the molecular epidemiology of a suspected well-water borne S. Typhi outbreak occurred in a district of Malatya-Turkey. This outbreak affected 10 patients in two days. Arbitrar...

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Autores principales: Iseri, Latife, Bayraktar, Mehmet Refik, Aktaş, Elif, Durmaz, Riza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2009
Materias:
Medical Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838220090001000029
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Sumario:Salmonella Typhi infections are important public health problems for the developing countries. In this study we investigated the molecular epidemiology of a suspected well-water borne S. Typhi outbreak occurred in a district of Malatya-Turkey. This outbreak affected 10 patients in two days. Arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) based typing showed two clones, one had seven, and the other had three strains, supporting outbreak speculation. By adding chlorine to wells by local municipal authority, the outbreak ended within a very short time (about ten days).

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