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. 2018 Mar 23;67(11):342-343.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6711a7.

Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak - Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2016-March 2017

William W Davis, Prosper Chonzi, Kudzai P E Masunda, Lindsey M Shields, Innocent Mukeredzi, Portia Manangazira, Emmaculate Govore, Rachael D Aubert, Haley Martin, Elizabeth Gonese, John B Ochieng, Bonaventure Juma, Hammad Ali, Kristi Allen, Beth A Tippett Barr, Eric Mintz, Grace D Appiah

Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak - Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2016-March 2017

William W Davis et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Suspected cases of typhoid fever (N = 860), by date of symptom onset — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 6, 2016–March 8, 2017
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