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Rivers, rainfall, and risk factors : geostatistical and epidemiological approaches to disentangle potential transmission routes of typhoid fever
2020-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Typhoid fever, caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi, is a severe febrile illness, with over 20 million cases and 100 thousand deaths occurring annually. In 2011, Blantyre, Malawi experienced a sharp increase in the incidence of typhoid fever, and transmission continues today. Although the disease is generally known to spread through the fecal-oral route, the precise mechanisms of transmission in endemic locati...
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- f1f9a403-d603-5724-925e-ebbad0228e31
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- 10.17635/lancaster/thesis/949