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Water-borne typhoid fever caused by an unusual Vi-phage type in Edinburgh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Nancy K. Conn ,
C. S. Heymann ,
A. Jamieson ,
Joan M. McWilliam  and
T. G. Scott
Nancy K. Conn
Affiliation:
Central Microbiological Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
C. S. Heymann
Affiliation:
Enteric Reference Laboratory, Colindale, London
A. Jamieson
Affiliation:
Health Department, City of Edinburgh
Joan M. McWilliam
Affiliation:
Health Department, City of Edinburgh
T. G. Scott
Affiliation:
Health Department, City of Edinburgh
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 1972 , pp. 245 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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