[Clinical aspects of typhoid fever epidemic in migrants].
OBJECTIVE
To study clinical features of typhoid fever (TF) in migrants (subjects in military service in Tadjikistan).


METHODS
In chronic water epidemic TF symptoms were studied in 547 young soldiers and officers serving in Tadjikistan with incomplete biological and/or professional adaptation.


RESULTS
In most cases TF onset was acute, the course was severe with fever and intoxication. TF clinical picture was similar to that of the beginning of the XX century. Despite antibiotic resistance of the causative agent, recurrences and serious complications were rare, lethal outcomes were not registered.


CONCLUSIONS
Relatively low frequency of recurrences and severe complications, absence of lethal outcomes in this study can be explained by long-term combined etiotropic therapy and good premorbid condition of the patients.
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D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012008:Recurrence; D013620:Tajikistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology