AUTHORS Vijoy Kumar Jha and Tushar Vidhale ABSTRACT Splenic abscess is a rare complication of enteric fever in developing countries. This is seen mostly solitary rather than being multiple and ...
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Safety of typhoid conjugate vaccine
WHO received newly available data on the Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine Typbar TCVTM (produced by Bharat Biotech International Limited), currently the only licensed TCV available internationally and prequalified by WHO. ...
Read more21st-century typhoid fever—progression of knowledge but regression of control?
AUTHOR Karen H Keddy ABSTRACT In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Farah Naz Qamar and colleagues detail the epidemiological investigation into an outbreak of typhoid fever in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The outbreak ...
Read moreDoctors worried over declining effectiveness of typhoid drugs
Doctors are worried drug-resistant typhoid could hit India and say the country is quickly running out of antibiotics to treat the disease Ciprofloxacin has been rendered ineffective, prompting doctors to ...
Read moreVirulotyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Pakistan: Absence of complete SPI-10 in Vi negative isolates
AUTHOR Sadia Liaquat, Yasra Sarwar, Aamir Ali, Abdul Haque, Muhammad Farooq, Ilargi Martinez-Ballesteros, Lorena Laorden, Javier Garaizar, Joseba Bikandi. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The distribution of virulence factors in S. Typhi can ...
Read moreStudy reports a decline in typhoid cases in India
In a recent review study, researchers from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, TN Medical College & B Y L Nair (BYLN) ...
Read moreRestaurant owners told to focus on cleanliness in preparing food to prevent typhoid
State Local Government, Housing and Health committee chairman advised restaurant owners to focus on cleanliness in preparing food for their customers to prevent typhoid in Kota Baru, Malaysia, as there ...
Read moreMystery fever in Balapur down to typhoid, dengue
Nearly a fortnight after several cases of a mystery fever were reported from 16 settlements, largely housing Rohingya refugees, in Balapur area of the city, cases of typhoid, dengue and ...
Read moreOutbreak investigation of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi and its risk factors among the general population in Hyderabad, Pakistan: a matched case-control study
AUTHOR Farah Naz Qamar, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Muhammad Khalid, Abdul Momin Kazi, Heeramani Lohana, Sultan Karim, Ayub Khan, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida Qureshi, Furqan Kabir, Fatima Aziz, Naveed Masood Memon, Mudassar ...
Read moreLongitudinal Typhoid Fever Trends in India from 2000 to 2015
AUTHOR Veeraraghavan Balaji, Arti Kapil, Jayanthi Shastri, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Geeta Gole, Sirshendu Choudhari, Gagandeep Kang, Jacob John. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: A very high incidence of typhoid was described in studies ...
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