Tag: Typhoid fever

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 15:23 UTC

  Irrigation channels blamed for spike of typhoid and hepatitis A cases in Chile

  

  Last week Chile’s Institute of Public Health (ISP), together with Metropolitan Regional Health Secretary Rosa Oyarce, began taking samples from irrigation channels in western Santiago in relation to a recent upturn in cases of typhoid fever.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:51 UTC

  Chilean health authorities report several cases of typhoid fever in Santiago

  

  Chilean health authorities have reported the existence of several cases of typhoid fever in western metropolitan Santiago and called on the population to adopt strict hygiene measures.