Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever

The relationship between asymptomatic shedding of bacterial enteropathogens and the hygiene habits of families who have had a child with typhoid fever (TF) are investigated. The sample was made up of 80 families: 40 families in which one child had had TF (Group A) and 40 in which no children or eith...

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Main Author: Alvarez,M. de la Luz (author)
Other Authors: Wurgaft,Fanny (author), Espinoza,Julio (author), Araya,Magdalena (author), Figueroa,Guillermo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1992
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101992000200003
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:scielo:S0034-89101992000200003