Article
Epidemic typhoid in Chile: analysis by molecular and conventional methods of Salmonella typhi strain diversity in epidemic (1977 and 1981) and nonepidemic (1990) years.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1996
Fica A E, Prat-Miranda S, Fernandez-Ricci A, D'Ottone K, Cabello F C
Abstract excerpt
From 1977 to 1986, Chile experienced an important typhoid fever epidemic, despite statistics that indicated apparently improving levels of sanitation of drinking water and sewage disposal. The lack of antibiotic resistance among the Salmonella typhi strains isolated during this period, the mild c...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Chile
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Salmonella typhi
- Species Specificity
- Typhoid Fever