Contagious fever typhoid is taking a serious toll on public health in Bangladesh as the authorities reported 32,276 cases in six months including 5,591 in October alone. Microbiologist and Child ...
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Prevalence of Salmonella typhi in among febrile patients in a tertiary care hospital of South West Rajasthan
AUTHORS Upasana Bhumbla, Parul Chaturvedi, Sarita Jain ABSTRACT Background: Salmonella enterica, serotype typhi, remains the predominant Salmonella species causing enteric fever in India. The mode of Salmonella typhi transmission is ...
Read moreField evaluation of typhoid conjugate vaccine in a catch-up campaign among children aged 9 months to 15 years in Sindh, Pakistan
AUTHORS Rozina S.Thobania, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzaiac, Shazia Sultanaa, Abdul Momin Kazia, Muhammad, Jana, Abdul, Rafeya Ayub Khana, Seema Irfana, Ikram Uddin Ujjand Nick Brown, Andreas Mårtensson, Farah Naz Qamar ABSTRACT ...
Read moreExtensively Drug-Resistant Typhoidal Salmonellae: Are These Bugs Swarming Into Suburban and Rural Areas of Pakistan?
AUTHORS Muhammad Ashraf Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Sumera Akram , Muhammad A Khan, Shamshad Ali, Mumtaz Amir ABSTRACT Typhoid is a serious public health concern with increasing antibiotic resistance. Early suspicion ...
Read moreEstimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study
AUTHORS Kristen Aiemjoy, Jessica C Seidman, Senjuti Saha, Sira Jam Munira, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Anik Sarkar, Nusrat Alam, Farha Nusrat Zahan, Md Shakiul Kabir, Dipesh ...
Read moreChickenpox and typhoid cases catching up in Ernakulam, India
Health department officials have stated that typhoid cases are showing a rising trend in Ernakulam. As many as 11 suspected cases of typhoid were reported in May, compared to 5 ...
Read moreWater sanitation in Karachi and its impact on health
AUTHORS Prince Kumar, Fatima Arshad, Sean Kaisser Shaheen, Arsalan Nadeem, Zarmina Islam, Mohammad Yasir Essar ABSTRACT Karachi is the largest city and premiere industrial and financial center of Pakistan yet ...
Read moreExtensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi Outbreak by Waterborne Infection – Beijing Municipality, China, January–February 2022
AUTHORS Yu Wang, Dan Lu, Yingying Jin, Huanxin Wang, Bing Lyu, Xin Zhang, Ying Huang, Gaolin Shu, Baiwei Liu, Changying Lin, Hao Zhao, Mingqiang Zhao, Lingyu Shen, Zhiyong Gao, Daitao ...
Read morePublic engagement during a typhoid conjugate vaccine trial in Lalitpur, Nepal- experience, challenges and lessons learnt
AUTHORS Ashata Dahal, Mila Shakya, Dikshya Pant, Anup Adhikari, Rachel Colin-Jones, Katherine Theiss-Nyland, Andrew J Pollard, Buddha Basnyat, Shrijana Shrestha ABSTRACT Typhoid is a public health problem in Nepal. To ...
Read moreCo-infection With Dengue Virus and Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella typhi
AUTHORS Said Amin, Mohammad Noor, Fawad Rahim, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Raza Ullah ABSTRACT In South Asia, infectious diseases are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Malaria, typhoid, and dengue are ...
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