AUTHORS Michele Grieco, Giorgia Polti, Lara Lambiase, Diletta Cassini ABSTRACT Typhoid fever and tuberculosis, considered rare diseases in western countries, is still considered a notable problem of health issue in ...
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An adolescent with multi-organ involvement from typhoid fever
AUTHORS Mercy Kumwenda, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam ABSTRACT Typhoid fever is usually a mild clinical disease, but it can have potentially serious complications. Here, we describe a case of an adolescent ...
Read moreIVI acquires supplemental funding for Severe Typhoid in Africa Program (SETA Plus)
The SETA study, launched in 2015, is a continuation and expansion of data collection from the typhoid fever surveillance network established through TSAP, which evaluated the typhoid burden through standardized ...
Read moreImproving Child Health in Nigeria Through Education, Awareness and Quality Water and Sanitation Products
Aimcare, a Nigerian social enterprise focusing in hygiene education, has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to facilitate access to clean water and sanitation to 200,000 low-income Nigerians ...
Read moreAlginate-coated chitosan microparticles encapsulating an oral plasmid-cured live Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum vaccine cause a higher expression of interferon-gamma in chickens compared to the parenteral live vaccine
AUTHORS M. I. Ibe, D.C. Odimegwu, E. B. Onuigbo ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum causes a disease in chickens known as fowl typhoid. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) has been shown to be ...
Read moreKeep cool and carry on: the fridge protecting vaccines from power outages
A fridge designed for vaccines and medicines has “harnessed the power of nature” to keep its contents cold, even with intermittent access to electricity Vaccines are often temperature sensitive, with ...
Read moreInvasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in sickle cell disease in Africa: is increased gut permeability the missing link?
AUTHORS Seah H. Lim, Barbara A. Methé, Bettina M. Knoll, Alison Morris, Stephen K. Obaro ABSTRACT Non-typhoidal Salmonella usually induces self-limiting gastroenteritis. However, in many parts of Africa, especially in ...
Read moreTyphoid eruption gives Zimbabwe a health scare
Zimbabwean civil society organisations have accused the government of violating citizens’ rights following the outbreak of typhoid affecting hundreds of people. More than 800 cases of the water borne disease ...
Read moreEarly Economic Evaluation to Identify the Necessary Test Characteristics of a New Typhoid Test to be Cost Effective in Ghana
AUTHORS Samuel N. Frempong, Andrew J. Sutton, Clare Davenport, and Pelham Barton ABSTRACT In Ghana, there are issues with the diagnosis of typhoid fever; these include delays in diagnosis, concerns about ...
Read moreZimbabwe: More than 850 typhoid cases reported in Harare
Officials in the capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare report seeing 858 new typhoid cases in the last six months, with the suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro hit the hardest according ...
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