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. 1972 Jun;70(2):245–253. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400022300

Water-borne typhoid fever caused by an unusual Vi-phage type in Edinburgh

Nancy K Conn, C S Heymann, A Jamieson, Joan M McWilliam, T G Scott
PMCID: PMC2130034  PMID: 4555889

Abstract

Investigation of a small series of cases of typhoid fever infected in a river between 1963 and 1970 revealed that all were caused by a single source, a carrier of a rare phage type of Salmonella typhi. The contamination of the river resulted from an incorrect sewage connexion with a surface water drain outfall into the river.

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