Two Outbreaks of Typhoid Fever Related to the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Two Outbreaks of Typhoid Fever Related to the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Two outbreaks of typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi of the same phagotype (A, biotype II), and antibiotic susceptibility are reported. Both occurred during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first outbreak appeared among the refugees from the town of Jajce. The second outbreak appeared amo...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of epidemiology 1996-08, Vol.12 (4), p.409-412
Hauptverfasser: Bradarić, Nikola, Punda-Polić, Volga, Milas, Ivo, Ivić, Ivo, Grgić, Dušanka, Radošević, Nikola, Petrić, Ivo
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Antibiotics
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Blood - microbiology
Bosnia and Herzegovina - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Civil wars
Disease Outbreaks
Environmental refugees
Epidemiology
Feces - microbiology
Female
Hospitalization
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Refugees
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhi - isolation & purification
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Typhoid
Typhoid fever
Typhoid Fever - epidemiology
Typhoid Fever - etiology
University hospitals
War
Warfare
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Zusammenfassung:Two outbreaks of typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi of the same phagotype (A, biotype II), and antibiotic susceptibility are reported. Both occurred during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first outbreak appeared among the refugees from the town of Jajce. The second outbreak appeared among the inhabitants in the village of Vidosi near Livno. This report describes main clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings for 22 patients treated in Split University Hospital, Croatia, in the period November 1992-January 1993. Possible epidemiological connections between those two outbreaks are discussed.
ISSN:0393-2990
0392-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/BF00145306