Gastrointestinal infections in Southeast Asia III : food hygine in the problem of gastrointestinal infections : proceedings of the Fifth SEAMIC Seminar at the Tokyo, Metropolitan Reseach Laboratory on Pulbic Health, Tokyo, February 8-18, 1978 / edited by H. Fukumi
This is a record of the Fifth SEAMIC Seminar on Food Hygiene dealing with the problem of gastrointestinal infections, which was held in Tokyo on February 8-18 1978. Since the start of SEAMIC, there has been a great interest in enteric and gastrointestinal infections, and already two international seminars focused on this problem. Actually, early efforts seem to have concentrated on clarifying the status of typhoid fever in Southeast Asia and gradually facts have accumulated concerning the frequency distribution of phage types of Ss. Typhi and paratyphi A and B, and the problem of their antibiotic resistance.