The Ministry of Health and partners on 6th April officially launched the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in Liberia targeting more than 1 million children from 9 months to under 15 ...
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Liberia Becomes First Country in Africa to Introduce Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
Liberia on Monday, April 5, became the first country in Africa to introduce the new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its Expanded Program for Immunization The vaccine will be introduced ...
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, Eric Houpt ABSTRACT ...
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 moreEmergence of invasive Salmonella in Africa
AUTHORS Caressa N Tsai , Brian K Coombes ABSTRACT Charting the evolutionary trajectories of bacterial pathogens allows us to understand the history of acquisition of virulence traits. Scientists are increasingly implementing phylogenetic ...
Read moreTyphoid and paratyphoid fever: a clinical seminar
AUTHORS Abi Manesh, DM, Eyal Meltzer, MD, Celina Jin, MBBS, Carl Britto, PhD, Divya Deodhar, MD, Sneha Radha, MD, Eli Schwartz, MD, Priscilla Rupali, MD ABSTRACT Rationale for review Enteric ...
Read moreData on pilot assessment of efficacy of artemether lumefantrine when co-administered with ciprofloxacin in malaria-typhoid co-infected patients
AUTHORS Segun Solomon Ogundapo, Olajoju Temidayo Soniran, Caroline Ibukun Vining-Ogu, Karian Chigozie Ngobidi, Nwogo Ajuka Obasi, Victor Uzochukwu Olugbue, Jonathan Adebanjo Adegbola, Adebimpe Foluke Ogundapo ABSTRACT Malaria-typhoid co-infection is associated with poverty and ...
Read moreCharacteristics of Salmonella recovered from stools of children enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study
AUTHORS Irene N Kasumba, Caisey V Pulford, Blanca M Perez-Sepulveda, Sunil Sen, Nurulla Sayed, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, Sofie Livio, Darren Heavens, Ross Low, Neil Hall, Anna Roose, Helen Powell, Tamer Farag, Sandra Panchalingham, Lynette Berkeley, Dilruba Nasrin, William C ...
Read moreSpatio-temporal trends and distribution patterns of typhoid disease in Uganda from 2012 to 2017
AUTHORS Kamukama Ismail, Gilbert Maiga, Denis Ssebuggwawo, Peter Nabende, Ali Mansourian ABSTRACT Typhoid disease continues to be a global public health burden. Uganda is one of the African countries characterized by high incidences of ...
Read morePrevalence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infection, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among febrile patients at Adare general hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia
AUTHORS Roza Nasir Awol, Dawit Yihdego Reda, Deresse Daka Gidebo ABSTRACT Background: Salmonellas enterica serovar Typhi (S.typhi) causes typhoid fever and is a global health problem, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. ...
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