At least five people have died from typhoid fever in Neno District Neno District Hospital spokesperson Caroline Banda said, apart from registering five cases of death, health officials recorded 56 ...
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi H58 clone has been endemic in Zimbabwe from 2012 to 2019
AUTHORS Tapfumanei Mashe, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Robert A Kingsley, V Robertson, Andrew Tarupiwa, Marleen M Kock, Evidence P Makombe, Blessmore V Chaibva, Portia Manangazira, Isaac Phiri, Simon Nyadundu, Chriswell ...
Read moreSafety and immunogenicity of co-administration of meningococcal type A and measles rubella vaccines with typhoid conjugate vaccine in children aged 15-23 months in Burkina Faso
AUTHORS Sodiomon B. Sirima, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Nouhoun Barry, Mohamadou Siribie, Alfred B. Tiono, Issa Nébié, Amadou T. Konaté, Gloria Damoaliga Berges, Amidou Diarra, Moussa Ouedraogo, Issiaka Soulama, Alimatou Hema, Shrimati ...
Read moreComplications and mortality of typhoid fever: a global systematic review and meta-analysis: Typhoid complications and mortality
AUTHORS Christian S Marchello, Megan Birkhold, John A Crump ABSTRACT Objectives: Updated estimates of the prevalence of complications and case fatality ratio (CFR) among typhoid fever patients are needed to understand disease ...
Read moreExtended spectrum beta-lactamase and fluoroquinolone resistance genes among Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates from children with diarrhea, Burkina Faso
AUTHORS René Dembélé, Ali Konaté, Oumar Traoré, Wendpoulomdé A D Kaboré, Issiaka Soulama, Assèta Kagambèga, Alfred S Traoré, Nathalie K Guessennd, Awa Aidara-Kane, Amy Gassama-Sow, Nicolas Barro ABSTRACT Background: The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR) has become ...
Read moreWhole-genome sequencing to investigate two concurrent outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis in South Africa, 2018
AUTHORS Anthony M Smith, Nomsa P Tau, Hlengiwe M Ngomane, Phuti Sekwadi, Ntsieni Ramalwa, Krishna Moodley, Chetna Govind, Shameema Khan, Moherndran Archary, Juno Thomas ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis (Salmonella Enteritidis) is a major cause of foodborne ...
Read moreDetection and Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serotypes by Simple PCR Technologies
AUTHORS Samuel Kariuki, John Kiiru ABSTRACT Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular-based technology that has revolutionized diagnostics and characterization of pathogens, and thus affecting how we understand disease landscape. This ...
Read moreDying for a sip of clean water in Zimbabwe
In 2018, a twin cholera and typhoid outbreak hit Zimbabwe’s capital claimed 69 lives and over 10,000 people were affected by the diseases, highlighting the dangers of Harare’s dilapidated water-supply ...
Read moreCouncil contains typhoid, dysentery outbreak
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it has contained the typhoid and dysentery outbreak that infected nearly 2 000 people and killed 13 in Luveve and surrounding suburbs recently In June ...
Read moreTyphoid fever in Nigeria not too common as believed — Commissioner
The Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Vincent Okpala, says Typhoid fever in Nigeria is not as common as it has been made to be Okpala told the News Agency ...
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