Overview
This Scottish Health Protection Network (SHPN) guide should be used alongside the external guidance that it relates to.
This guide covers the UKHSA 'Public health operational guidelines for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric fever)'.
This external guidance has been approved for use in Scotland by the SHPN Guidance Group (SHPN-GG).
Intended audience
This guidance is for health protection professionals only.
Other people who require advice should contact their local health protection team.
What the guidance covers
This guidance supports public health practitioners to:
- identify the sources of typhoid or paratyphoid infection
- reduce the risks of secondary transmission
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Language
EnglishTypology
Guidelines/Recommendations/Technical InstructionsTopic
Education Infectious Diseases PreparednessTarget
Public HealthCountries
Europe & UK