AUTHORS Samuel Kariuki, Zoe A Dyson, Cecilia Mbae, Ronald Ngetich, Susan M Kavai, Celestine Wairimu, Stephen Anyona, Naomi Gitau, Robert Sanaya Onsare, Beatrice Ongandi, Sebastian Duchene, Mohamed Ali, John David ...
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THECA consortium begins Vi-TT typhoid conjugate vaccine phase IV effectiveness study in Ghana
23,000 eligible children ages 9 months to 16 years will be vaccinated against typhoid as part of the phase IV study on TCV effectiveness in Asante Akim, Ghana 11,500 subjects ...
Read moreTyphoid outbreak kills 17 in Kwango, DRC
The Minister of Health of Kwango announced on Friday that 360 cases of typhoid have been recorded in the territory since the start of the quarter. Of the 360 cases, ...
Read moreSafety and immunogenicity of Vi-typhoid conjugate vaccine co-administration with routine 9-month vaccination in Burkina Faso: A randomised controlled phase 2 trial
AUTHORS Sodiomon B Sirima, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Nouhoun Barry, Mohamadou Siribie, Alfred Tiono, Issa Nébié, Amadou Konaté, Gloria Damoaliga Berges, Amidou Diarra, Moussa Ouedraogo, Edith C Bougouma, Issiaka Soulama, Alimatou Hema, Shrimati Datta, Yuanyuan Liang, Elizabeth T Rotrosen, J Kathleen Tracy, Leslie P Jamka, Jennifer J Oshinsky, Marcela F Pasetti, Kathleen ...
Read moreHuge turnout for typhoid vaccines in Mbire
Children ages 6 months-15 years are receiving the typhoid conjugate vaccine as part of the Zimbabwe TCV campaign launch. Villagers in Mbire district are appearing to receive the vaccine in ...
Read moreZimbabwe launches typhoid vaccination campaign
Zimbabwe has recently launched a 12-day campaign to vaccinate as many children as possible in order to reduce the incidence of typhoid, which has spread mercilessly across the population over ...
Read moreUnicef warns of waterborne diseases outbreak in Byo, Hre
Unicef has warned of the possibility of an outbreak of waterborne diseases, such as diarrhea, cholera and typhoid, in Bulawayo and Harare as the cities are failing to manage their ...
Read morePathogens causing acute febrile illness among children and adolescents in Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Sudan
AUTHORS Florian Marks, Jie Liu, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, Nagla Gasmelseed, Darwin Operario, Brian Grundy, John Wieser, Jean Gratz, Christian G Meyer, Justin Im, Jacqueline Kyungah Lim, Vera von Kalckreuth, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, Frank Konings, Hyon Jin Jeon, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy, Jixian Zhang, Ursula Panzner, and Eric Houpt ...
Read moreEvaluation of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Effectiveness in Ghana (TyVEGHA) Using a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Phase IV Trial: Trial Design and Population Baseline Characteristics
AUTHORS Andrea Haekyung Haselbeck, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Juyeon Park, Malick M. Gibani, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza, Ariane Abreu, Craig Van Rensburg, Michael Owusu-Ansah, Sampson Twuamsi-Ankrah, Michael Owusu, Isaac Aguna, Valentina ...
Read moreDetection of enteric bacteria in two groundwater sources and associated microbial health risks
AUTHORS Adewale O. Olalemi, Oluwasegun M. Ige, Grace A. James, Favour I. Obasoro, Favour O. Okoko, and Christiana O. Ogunleye ABSTRACT The microbial quality of two groundwater sources (well and ...
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