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 sp...
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Main Authors: | Adam Akullian (Author), Eric Ng'eno (Author), Alastair I Matheson (Author), Leonard Cosmas (Author), Daniel Macharia (Author), Barry Fields (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Maina Mugoh (Author), Grace John-Stewart (Author), Judd L Walson (Author), Jonathan Wakefield (Author), Joel M Montgomery (Author) |
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2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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