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Salmonellosis in Indonesia: phage type distribution of Salmonella paratyphi A*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. R. Sanborn ,
R. Hablas ,
S. Komalarini ,
Sinta ,
R. Trenggonowati ,
T. Sadjimin ,
Atas  and
Sutrisna
W. R. Sanborn
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, APO San Francisco, California 96356
R. Hablas
Affiliation:
Clinical Pathology Department, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Cairo; Consultant, Bacteriology Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo
S. Komalarini
Affiliation:
Pediatrics Department, Sumber Waras Hospital, Jakarta
Sinta
Affiliation:
Pediatrics Department, Sumber Waras Hospital, Jakarta
R. Trenggonowati
Affiliation:
Pediatric Department, Fatmawati Hospital, Cilandak, Jakarta
T. Sadjimin
Affiliation:
Pediatrics Department, Gadja Mada University Faculty of Medicine, Yogyakarta
Atas
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Yogyakarta
Sutrisna
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Yogyakarta
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The distribution of phage types among 221 human strains of Salmonella paratyphi A in Indonesia was studied. Approximately 50% were phage type 5, a rare type elsewhere in the world. Most other isolates were the cosmopolitan phage type 1. The ratio of phage type 1–5 was compared for two cities on Java, Jakarta and Yogyakarta. The ratios were significantly different, phage type 5 predominating in Jakarta. The ratio of phage types among 10 S. paratyphi A strains isolated from Jakarta river water was similar to that found in Jakarta patients.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , August 1977 , pp. 1 - 4
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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