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

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. © 1972, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.