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Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever: Incidence of Typhoid Carriers in a General Population Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

I. M. Bromberg  and
R. Comaroff
I. M. Bromberg
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
R. Comaroff
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
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Typhoid fever is one of the prevailing endemic diseases of Palestine. In 1925 and 1926 epidemic outbreaks of considerable magnitude occurred in various parts of the country (Kligler, 1927). As a part of a general programme of the study of the epidemiology of this disease, we have attempted to ascertain the incidence of typhoid carriers in a general population group. Owing to the large number of typhoid cases which occurred there in 1925 and 1926, Afule, a village of some 1200 inhabitants, was chosen as a desirable spot for such an investigation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , July 1929 , pp. 139 - 145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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