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

Sanjaya N Senanayake, Mark J Ferson, Susan J Botham and Roslyn T Belinfante
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05896.x
Published online: 1 March 2004

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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