Outbreak Watch
- Australia – A student at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School in Perth was mistakenly reported to have typhoid fever
- Fiji – 73 cases of typhoid fever were recorded between January 2016 and June 2016 in the Northern Division
- India – During Agra’s heat wave, doctors are urging indivduals to stay hydrated with clean water to prevent diarrheal diseases
- Malaysia – 180 food stall operators at the Kuala Berang Ramadan bazaar did not have appropriate typhoid vaccinations, according to Terengganu Health Director Dr. Mohammed Omar
- Nepal – Cases of typhoid fever and diarrheal disease have increased in Kathmandu
Stories of Typhoid: Meet Yogendra
“I started my life with 100 rupees,” says the 41-year-old resident of Banepa, Nepal. An orphan, Yogendra worked hard his whole life to achieve success. “I had nothing when I came to Banepa. I was a street child,” he recalls.
Once an orphan, Yogendra now has a bustling home with seven people under one roof and a momo (dumpling) shop. He was even recently able to start building a new floor on their house to keep up with the growing family. The fever brought all of that to a crashing halt. Read More.
From the Blog
- Fondation Mérieux holds trials for new enteric fever diagnostic test – By guest author Stéphane Pouzol, Emerging Pathogens Laboratory, Fondation Mérieux
- Paratyphoid outbreak at wedding highlights need for improved WASH surveillance
Publications
Featured
- The Molecular and Spatial Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever in Rural Cambodia – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- WHO Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC) Pipeline Analyses for 25 Pathogens – Vaccine supplement
Antimicrobial Resistance
- Revisit of Fluoroquinolone and Azithromycin susceptibility breakpoints for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi – Journal of Medical Microbiology
- How Can Vaccines Contribute to Solving the Antimicrobial Resistance Problem? – mBio
Diagnostics and Treatments
- Serum bactericidal assay for the evaluation of typhoid vaccine using a semi-automated colony-counting method – Microbial Pathogenesis
- Evaluation of fliC-d based direct blood PCR assays for typhoid diagnosis – BMC Microbiology
Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Risk Factors of Typhoid Infection in the Indonesian Archipelago – PLOS One
- Salmonella Typhi-Induced Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Teenage Patient Treated with High-Dose Dexamethasone – Journal of Investigative Medicine – High Impact Case Reports
- Diagnosis of imported Ugandan typhoid fever based on local outbreak information: A case report – Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
- Digestive surgical emergencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: a prospective study of a series of 622 patients at the National Hospital of Zinder, Niger – Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique
- Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak Associated with an Asymptomatic Carrier at a Restaurant – Weld County, Colorado, 2015 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Genomics and Host Susceptibility
- Interferon-driven alterations of the host’s amino acid metabolism in the pathogenesis of typhoid fever – Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Oral Challenge with Wild-Type Salmonella Typhi Induces Distinct Changes in B Cell Subsets in Individuals Who Develop Typhoid Disease – PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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