Typhoid epidemic in Hakkari - March 2007: Evaluation of affected pediatric patients
IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, vol.2, no.3, pp.137-140, 2012 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 2 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.5222/buchd.2012.137
- Journal Name: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.137-140
- Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: No
Abstract
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.