Water-borne typhoid fever caused by an unusual Vi-phage type in Edinburgh
- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 70 (2) , 245-253
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400022300
Abstract
Investigation of a small series of cases of typhoid fever infected in a river between 1963 and 1970 revealed that all were caused by a single source, a carrier of a rare phage type of Salmonella typhi. The contamination of the river resulted from an incorrect sewage connexion with a surface water drain outfall into the river.Keywords
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