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Typhoid in Tajikistan
Date published
Author(s)
Jeanette Stehr-Green
Summary
Investigation of an outbreak of several thousand cases of typhoid fever in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 1997 that resulted from inadequately maintained public water supply.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this case study, the student should be able to:
- List health problems common in countries with economic hardships, deteriorating infrastructure, and displaced populations;
- Discuss the steps typically used to develop hypotheses on the source of an infectious disease outbreak;
- Interpret the results of a matched case-control study;
- List activities that should be included in the evaluation of a public water system associated with an outbreak;
- Define surface water and groundwater;
- List the steps in collecting water samples from a point-of-use water tap;
- Describe point-of-use water disinfection and give examples of proven approaches; and
- Describe the clinical features, epidemiology, and control of typhoid fever.
Author type
FETP affiliate
Languages
English
Resource type
Case Study
Topics
Outbreak response
Region
Europe
Country or Area
Tajikistan