A prospective study of phage types & biotypes of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated from hospitalized children in Kolkata, India

• Published in: Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Vol. 117; p. 201
• Main Authors: Saha, M R, Palit, A, Chatterjee, N S, Dutta, P, Mitra, U, Bhattacharya, S K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd 01.05.2003
• Subjects: Bacteriophage Typing; Bacteriophages - genetics; Child; Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infant; Prospective Studies; Salmonella; Salmonella typhi - genetics; Typhoid Fever - epidemiology; Typhoid Fever - microbiology; India

Kolkata and its suburbs in eastern India faced an epidemic of typhoid fever in 1990. A prospective, hospital and laboratory based study over a period of 12 yr (1990-2001), on the phage typing and biotyping pattern of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi was carried out, to see if there has been a chan...