Published Date: 2000-12-15 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever - Saudi Arabia: CORRECTION
Archive Number: 20001215.2196
TYPHOID FEVER - SAUDI ARABIA: CORRECTION
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Typhoid fever - United Arab Emirates 20001213.21741999
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Diarrhoeal disease, fatal - Kenya (Tana River) (02) 19990319.0432
[This is a re-posting of an earlier report that was titled incorrectly
indicating that the typhoid fever outbreak was in the United Arab Emirates.
This was an editorial error, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks
to Dr. Badrinath for calling the error to our attention. - Mod.ES
Date: 12 Dec 2000 12:10:38
From: Padmanabhan Badrinath <badrishanthi@hotmail.com>
Source: Gulf News, 12 Dec 2000 [edited
According to Gulf News more than 100 people have contracted typhoid in a
region of Saudi Arabia already hit by Rift Valley Fever (RVF). "Okaz" (an
Arabic daily) said 118 people, including 3 Pakistanis, have caught typhoid
in the southern region of Jizan, which borders Yemen. However, no deaths
have yet been reported.
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Dr. P. Badrinath MD, M.Phil.,(Epid) PhD(Cantab)
Clinical Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist
Department of Community Medicine
UAE University
PO Box 17666, Al Ain,
United Arab Emirates
[Dr. Badrinath also inquired as to whether anyone had observed an
epidemiological link between RVF and typhoid. I know of no reason to
suspect that this would be the case. A prior report from Kenya, cited
above, indicates a coincidence of typhoid and RVF outbreaks, but does not
suggest a relationship between the two. - Mod.ES
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