A child with Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B infection acquired from a  fish tank

Senanayake, Sanjaya N; Ferson, Mark J; Botham, Susan J; Belinfante, Roslyn T

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05896.x

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Infectious diseases

Sanjaya N Senanayake,* Mark J Ferson,† Susan J Botham,‡ Roslyn T Belinfante§

South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Locked Bag 88, Randwick, NSW 2031.

Correspondence: djaya@bigpond.com

Acknowledgements:

We wish to acknowledge laboratory staff at the Division of Analytical Laboratories, Sydney, NSW. S N S is funded by the Master of Applied Epidemiology Program through the Australian Department of Health and Ageing.

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