AUTHORS John A Crump, Kate M Thomas, Jackie Benschop, Matthew A Knox, David A Wilkinson, Anne C Midwinter, Peninah Munyua, John B Ochieng, Godfrey M Bigogo, Jennifer R Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Gerard Prinsen, Sarah Cleaveland, Esron D Karimuribo, Rudovick R Kazwala, Blandina T Mmbaga, Emanuel S ...
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Self-reported diseases and their associated risk factors among camp-dwelling conflict-affected internally displaced populations in Nigeria
AUTHORS Winifred Ekezie, Puja Myles, Rachael L Murray, Manpreet Bains, Stephen Timmons, Catherine Pritchard ABSTRACT Background Conflict in Nigeria displaced millions of people, and some settled in camp-like locations within the country. Evidence on the ...
Read moreElimination of typhoid: Possibility or pipe dream?
AUTHORS Rachael Purcell, Andrew J Pollard ABSTRACT The elimination of typhoid would have a substantial impact on the health of millions of people living in South and Southeast Asia and ...
Read moreSalmonellosis: A food borne zoonotic and public health disease in Egypt
AUTHORS Wafaa A Abd El-Ghany ABSTRACT Salmonellosis is an important food borne disease of public health significance. Global estimates of the disease burden shows more than 20 million cases and ...
Read moreHigh relatedness of invasive multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella genotypes among patients and asymptomatic carriers in endemic informal settlements in Kenya
AUTHORS Samuel Kariuki, Cecilia Mbae, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Robert Onsare, Susan Kavai, Celestine Wairimu, Ronald Ngetich, John Clemens, Gordon Dougan ABSTRACT Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is a major public health challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In ...
Read moreEffects of KMnO4 amounts on antibacterial properties of activated carbon for efficient treatment of northern Benin hospital wastewater in a fixed bed column system
AUTHORS Odilon M Nonfodji, Jacques K Fatombi, Théodora A Ahoyo, Bawa Boya, Lamine S Baba-Moussa, Taofiki Aminou ABSTRACT In this study, the wastewater from the Departmental Hospital Center of Atacora in Benin was characterized and ...
Read moreEvasion of MAIT cell recognition by the African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 pathovar that causes invasive disease
AUTHORS Lorena Preciado-Llanes, Anna Aulicino, Rocío Canals, Patrick J Moynihan, Xiaojun Zhu, Ndaru Jambo, Tonney S Nyirenda, Innocent Kadwala, Ana Sousa Gerós, Siân V Owen, Kondwani C Jambo, Benjamin Kumwenda, Natacha Veerapen, Gurdyal S Besra, Melita A Gordon, Jay C ...
Read moreEtiologic Agents of Fever of Unknown Origin Among Patients Attending Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar
AUTHORS Mohamed Ali Ali, Okafor Chukwuma James, Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Agricola Joachim, Marcelina Mubi, Oghenekaro Omodior ABSTRACT Background: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains an important public health problem. With malaria transmission declining in ...
Read morePathogenic signature of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in Africa: implications for vaccine development
AUTHORS Giulia Piccini, Emanuele Montomoli ABSTRACT Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) infections are a leading cause of bacteremia in Sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), thereby representing a major public health threat. Salmonella Typhimurium clade ...
Read moreEarly Insights From Clinical Trials of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
AUTHORS Kathleen M Neuzil, Buddha Basnyat, John D Clemens, Melita A Gordon, Priyanka D Patel, Andrew J Pollard, Mila Shakya, Firdausi Qadri ABSTRACT Clinical trials of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) ...
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