Shifts in geographic distribution and antimicrobial resistance during a prolonged typhoid fever outbreak--Bundibugyo and Kasese Districts, Uganda, 2009-2011.

• Main Authors: Maroya Spalding Walters (Author), Janell Routh (Author), Matthew Mikoleit (Author), Samuel Kadivane (Author), Caroline Ouma (Author), Denis Mubiru (Author), Ben Mbusa (Author), Amos Murangi (Author), Emmanuel Ejoku (Author), Absalom Rwantangle (Author), Uziah Kule (Author), John Lule (Author), Nancy Garrett (Author), Jessica Halpin (Author), Nikki Maxwell (Author), Atek Kagirita (Author), Fred Mulabya (Author), Issa Makumbi (Author), Molly Freeman (Author), Kevin Joyce (Author), Vince Hill (Author), Robert Downing (Author), Eric Mintz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is transmitted by fecally contaminated food and water and causes approximately 22 million typhoid fever infections worldwide each year. Most cases occur in developing countries, where approximately 4% of patients develop intestinal perforation (IP). In Kasese Distri...