title: Investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Typhi in Battalgazi district, Malatya-Turkey.
abstract: Salmonella Typhi infections are important public health problems for the developing countries. In this study we investigated the molecular epidemiology of a suspected well-water borne S. Typhi outbreak occurred in a district of Malatya-Turkey. This outbreak affected 10 patients in two days. Arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) based typing showed two clones, one had seven, and the other had three strains, supporting outbreak speculation. By adding chlorine to wells by local municipal authority, the outbreak ended within a very short time (about ten days).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine , Kirikkale University, Kirikkale , Turkey.
authors.forename: Latife
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iseri
authors.forename: Mehmet Refik
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bayraktar
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aktaş
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durmaz
keywords: Salmonella Typhi; Typhoid fever; waterborne outbreak
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