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- Title
Sexual Transmission of Typhoid Fever: A Multistate Outbreak among Men Who Have Sex with Men.
- Authors
Reller, Megan E.; Olsen, Sonja J.; Kressel, Amy B.; Moon, Troy D.; Kubota, Kristy A.; Adcock, Malcolm P.; Nowicki, Scott F.; Mintz, Eric D.
- Abstract
In August 2000, the Ohio Department of Health reported a cluster of men with typhoid fever who denied having traveled abroad. To determine the cause and the extent of the outbreak, an epidemiological investigation was initiated in which 7 persons in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with culture-confirmed Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection and 2 persons with probable typhoid fever were evaluated; all were men, and all but one reported having had sex with 1 asymptomatic male S. Typhi carrier. We document sexual transmission of typhoid fever, which may be acquired by means of oral and anal sex, as well as via food and drink.
- Subjects
TYPHOID fever diagnosis; GAY men; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2003, Vol 37, Issue 1, p141
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/375590