Estimating the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in developing countries

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To measure the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in Bilbeis District, Egypt, we conducted a household survey to determine patterns of health seeking among persons with fever. Then we established surveillance for 4 months among a representative sample of health providers who saw …
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Authors Crump JA;Youssef FG;Luby SP;Wasfy MO;Rangel JM;Taalat M;Oun SA;Mahoney FJ;;
Journal emerging infectious diseases
Year 2003
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737736
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. adult female male middle aged Child P.H.S. preschool Incidence sensitivity and specificity sentinel surveillance health behavior seasons typhoid fever / diagnosis data collection typhoid fever / epidemiology* developing countries / statistics & numerical data* typhoid fever / blood john a crump egypt / epidemiology pmid:12737736 pmc2972755 doi:10.3201/eid0905.020428 fouad g youssef frank j mahoney brucellosis / diagnosis brucellosis / epidemiology*

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