Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/11
By: Chen Wei-ting and Ko Lin
Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday confirmed the
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first cluster of imported typhoid fever cases this year and urged the public to pay attention to food sanitation when traveling to areas where typhoid is endemic.
The patients, a new immigrant mother and her eldest son, were on a family visit to Indonesia from Aug. 6-19.
Upon their return, the woman suffered from diarrhea and abdominal pain, said CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥).
She sought medical assistance three times from Aug. 20-30, and later tests confirmed she had contracted typhoid, Chuang said. [FULL STORY]
