Symposium on typhoid fever

Symposium on typhoid fever

DENPASAR, Bali: Minister of Health Dr Sujudi is scheduled to
open the third Asia-Pacific symposium on the prevention of
typhoid fever and other types of salmonellosis in Sanur, Bali,
next Monday.

The four-day discussion is being held by the Indonesian
Society for Microbiology, and will be attended by world renowned
microbiologists such as Dr Pratiwi Sudarmono of Indonesia, Dr
Edmundo Calva of Mexico, Prof Tikki Pang of Malaysia and Prof
Martin Altwegg of Switzerland.

The symposium will deal with global epidemiology, the
prevention of typhoid fever and the role of vaccination. (swe)