International, regional and national public health experts will gather in Dhaka on January 28-30 to discuss challenges and solutions of typhoid fever, cholera, malnutrition and other enteric diseases in low ...
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Structural investigation of APRs to improve the solubility of outer membrane protease (PgtE) from Salmonella enterica serotype typhi- A multi-constraint approach
AUTHORS Gopinath Samykannu, Princy Vijayababu, Christian Bharathi Antonyraj, Sundarabaalaji Narayanan ABSTRACT Outer membrane proteins were playing a crucial role on the several functions controlled by cell membranes even though they ...
Read moreClinico-Bacteriological Profile of Typhoid Fever in a Private Sector Hospital in New Delhi
AUTHORS Amar Jeet Chitkara, Shweta Chitkara, Parvinder Singh Narang, Meera Sundharam, Madhu Goyal ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the demographic, clinical, laboratory and bacteriological profile of children with diagnosis of typhoid ...
Read moreMolecular mechanism of azithromycin resistance among typhoidal Salmonella strains in Bangladesh identified through passive pediatric surveillance.
AUTHORS Hooda Y, Sajib MSI, Rahman H, Luby SP, Bondy-Denomy J, Santosham M, Andrews JR, Saha SK, Saha S ABSTRACT Background: With the rise in fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Typhi and the ...
Read moreSix common diseases to watch out for during floods
The torrential rains that caused massive floods in Greater Jakarta on New Year’s Eve may have subsided, but the rainy season is far from over, meaning more floods are likely ...
Read moreCharacterization of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from children with acute gastroenteritis, Kolkata, India, during 2000–2016
AUTHORS Jain P, Chowdhury G, Samajpati S, Basak S, Ganai A, Samanta S, Okamoto K, Mukhopadhyay AK, Dutta S ABSTRACT Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis ...
Read moreDrug-resistant enteric fever worldwide, 1990 to 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AUTHORS Browne AJ, Kashef Hamadani BH, Kumaran EAP, Rao P, Longbottom J, Harriss E, Moore CE, Dunachie S, Basnyat B, Baker S, Lopez AD, Day NPJ, Hay SI, Dolecek C ...
Read moreBacterial pathogens and resistance causing community acquired paediatric bloodstream infections in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AUTHORS Droz N, Hsia Y, Ellis S, Dramowski A, Sharland M, Basmaci R ABSTRACT Background: Despite a high mortality rate in childhood, there is limited evidence on the causes and ...
Read moreWhy do participants drop-out: findings from a prospective pediatric cohort for fever surveillance established at Vellore, southern India
AUTHORS Sindhu KN, Srinivasan M, Subramaniam S, David AS, Mohan VR, John J, Kang G ABSTRACT Background: Cohort studies are pivotal in understanding the natural history, and to thereby determine ...
Read moreInvestigating host-bacterial interactions among enteric pathogens
AUTHORS Tungadri Bose, K. V. Venkatesh, Sharmila S. Mande ABSTRACT Background: In 2017, World Health Organization (WHO) published a catalogue of 12 families of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” that are posing ...
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