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doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.169; Published online 30 June 2009
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Indian typhoid hotspots on Google Earth soon
After successfully mapping Salmonella typhi hubs in Kathmandu and convincing the Nepalese government to create public health programmes to tackle the typhoid bug, researchers from London are now looking at the typhoid hotspot of West Bengal in India to replicate the programme. But they are not sure how well a mass vaccination programme can be planned in India owing to the country's staggering demographics.
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