INVESTIGATION OF AN OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA TYPHI IN BATTALGAZI DISTRICT, MALATYA-TURKEY
Latife Iseri, Mehmet Refik Bayraktar, Riza Durmaz, Elif Aktas
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Latife Iseri, Mehmet Refik Bayraktar, Riza Durmaz, Elif Aktas | Yıl: 2009 — Özet: 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
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).