Environmental Transmission of Typhoid Fever in an Urban Slum

BACKGROUND: Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease s...

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Autores principales: Akullian, Adam, Ng’eno, Eric, Matheson, Alastair I., Cosmas, Leonard, Macharia, Daniel, Fields, Barry, Bigogo, Godfrey, Mugoh, Maina, John-Stewart, Grace, Walson, Judd L., Wakefield, Jonathan, Montgomery, Joel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26633656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004212

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26633656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004212

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