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. 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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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000100029 |
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