Descriptive epidemiology of typhoid fever during an epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012.

BACKGROUND:Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infection epidemic since 2008. To orient control activities, we described the epidemiology and spatiotemporal...

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Main Authors: Jonathan A Polonsky, Isabel Martínez-Pino, Fabienne Nackers, Prosper Chonzi, Portia Manangazira, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Klaudia Porten, Francisco J Luquero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4259398?pdf=render