Typhoid Fever and Invasive Nontyphoid Salmonellosis, Malawi and South Africa
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Typhoid Fever and Invasive Nontyphoid Salmonellosis, Malawi and South Africa
To determine the prevalence of invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis and typhoid fever in Malawi and South Africa, we compared case frequency and patient age distribution. Invasive nontyphoid salmonellosis showed a clear bimodal age distribution; the infection developed in women at a younger age than in men. Case frequency for typhoid fever was lower than for salmonellosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100125