Ahead of the rainy days, the Department of Health (DOH) is urging the public to get ready for the wet season by knowing how to combat the illnesses associated with ...
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Typhoid, dysentery affect hundreds in Upper Chitral
The outbreak of typhoid and dysentery has been reported from Oveer valley of Upper Chitral where hundreds of people including women and children have contracted either of the two diseases ...
Read moreSalmonella osteomyelitis: A rare extraintestinal manifestation of an endemic pathogen
AUTHORS Ranjana Rohilla, Mohit Bhatia, Pratima Gupta, Arpana Singh, Ravi Shankar, and Balram Ji Omar ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi usually cause enteric fever in humans characterized by ...
Read moreSpike seen in typhoid and cholera cases in Ahmedabad
Waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera have spiked in the city this May, as their numbers have risen compared to May 2018. According to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health ...
Read more2,982 typhoid cases reported in Karachi
Health Services Karachi has recorded 2,982 typhoid cases in Karachi city from 1st January to 14 May 2019 out of which 1765 are typhoid/paratyphoid fever and 1217 are S.thype-Ceftriaxone Resistant. ...
Read moreA curious case of hidden, dangerous typhoid: It’s time to take action now
Typhoid bacterial strains in India are already resistant to the cheapest first and second line of antibiotics In 2017, when clinician scientist Gagandeep Kang and her colleagues started an extensive ...
Read moreGenomic analysis of Indian strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi indicates novel genetic repertoire for pathogenicity and adaptations
AUTHORS Prabhjot Kaur Sekhon, Atul Munish Chander, Shanmugam Mayilraj, Praveen Rishi ABSTRACT In the era of emerging antibiotic resistance, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi the causative agent of typhoid, ...
Read moreWhat does Pakistan’s typhoid outbreak tell us?
Pakistan is facing world’s largest extremely drug resistant (XDR) typhoid outbreak. More than 5,000 cases were reported from Hyderabad and Karachi in the first phase. Some 11 cases were reported ...
Read moreNGT alarmed at post-Kumbh mess in Prayragraj, warns of epidemic
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) administered a sharp rebuke to the Uttar Pradesh government for the thousands of tonnes of solid waste that piled up in Prayagraj and untreated sewage ...
Read moreInvasive Salmonella infections among children in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: a 6-year retrospective review
AUTHORS Anand Mohan, Chandran Munusamy, Yee-Chin Tan, Sobana Muthuvelu, Rohaidah Hashim, Su-Lin Chien, Ming-Kui Wong, Nurul Aiman Khairuddin, Yuwana Podin, Peter Sie-Teck Lau, David Chun-Ern Ng and Mong-How Ooi ABSTRACT Invasive Salmonella infections result in significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In Asia, ...
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