CDC confirms first clustered typhoid cases this year

  • Three people living in the same home in northern Taiwan were confirmed to be the first clustered cases of typhoid fever this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.
  • A woman in her 30s, her young child and an Indonesian nurse in her 30s were confirmed to have the disease on July 2, Tuesday last week and Wednesday last week respectively, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Guo Hung-wei said.
  • They had not visited any other countries recently, nor had they socialized with other foreign domestic workers in the area, he said.