Typhoid epidemic in Hakkari - March 2007: Evaluation of affected pediatric patients
IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, cilt.2, sa.3, ss.137-140, 2012 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.5222/buchd.2012.137
- Dergi Adı: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-140
- Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Objective: Salmonella typhi is a food and water-borne agent of a serious human disease, and it is transmitted by faecal-oral route. In the presence of inadequate infrastructure facilities; poor sanitation and health care; outbreaks of typhoid fever via contamination of drinking water were reported. In this study; pediatric cases of typhoid fever outbreak were reviewed in Hakkari and we also emphasized that typhoid fever is still a serious health problem in East and Southeast Anatolia region.