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More than 1,500 people were infected and at least one died during a major outbreak of typhoid fever in Tajikistan and neighboring Kyrgyzstan in the fall of 2003. It was the worst typhoid outbreak in 6 years, coming on the heels of a 1997 epidemic that killed dozens and affected more than 17,000 [1].
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Rudenstine, S., Galea, S. (2012). Stage Two: Population Preservation and Altruism Tajikistan Typhoid Epidemic – September to November 2003. In: The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0317-3_13
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