A typhoid fever outbreak in a slum of South Dumdum municipality, West Bengal, India, 2007: Evidence for foodborne and waterborne transmission

• Main Authors: Pal Nishith (Author), Ramakrishnan Ramachandran (Author), Hutin Yvan (Author), Bhunia Rama (Author), Sen Tapas (Author), Murhekar Manoj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In April 2007, a slum of South Dumdum municipality, West Bengal reported an increase in fever cases. We investigated to identify the agent, the source and to propose recommendations.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We d...