Locally acquired typhoid fever outbreak linked to chronic carriage in Ottawa, Canada, 2018–2022
The chronic carrier was excluded from food handling until successful completion of treatment and clearance testing. We overcame the challenges of a small but prolonged outbreak by identifying an asymptomatic carrier using a multi-method approach including whole genome sequencing and social network analysis.
Authors
- Janice Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3759-9689)
- Curtis Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-3499)
- Jeffrey P. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4817-2712)
- Jacqueline Willmore
- Tram Nguyen
- Antoine Corbeil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-1974)
- Ann Jolly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7453-6217)
- Christina Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-9867)
- Monir Taha
- Esther Dapaah
Institutions
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Ottawa Public Health (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canada Communicable Disease Report
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i11a05
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.70
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Health Agency