Open AccessSexual Transmission of Typhoid Fever: A Multistate Outbreak among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Author(s) -
Megan E. Reller,
Sonja J. Olsen,
Amy B. Kressel,
Troy D. Moon,
Kristy Kubota,
Malcolm P. Adcock,
Scott Nowicki,
Eric D. Mintz
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/375590
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , outbreak , asymptomatic , transmission (telecommunications) , sexual transmission , salmonella typhi , epidemiology , men who have sex with men , asymptomatic carrier , serotype , enteric fever , anal sex , environmental health , demography , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , syphilis , biochemistry , electrical engineering , microbicide , escherichia coli , sociology , engineering , gene
In August 2000, the Ohio Department of Health reported a cluster of men with typhoid fever who denied having traveled abroad. To determine the cause and the extent of the outbreak, an epidemiological investigation was initiated in which 7 persons in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with culture-confirmed Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection and 2 persons with probable typhoid fever were evaluated; all were men, and all but one reported having had sex with 1 asymptomatic male S. Typhi carrier. We document sexual transmission of typhoid fever, which may be acquired by means of oral and anal sex, as well as via food and drink.
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