The upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh threatens the nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have settled in camps there, increasing the danger of diarrheal diseases, malaria, and typhoid
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Typhoid scare: South Delhi’s Nehru Nagar residents blame unclean DJB water
At least six people in this neighborhood, three of them children from a single family, were infected with typhoid in the last two months Residents blame contamination of the water ...
Read moreHeatstroke, fever cases spike as temperature rises in Delhi
One doctor estimates that in the last few days, there has been a rise of about 20-25 percent in the cases of heat stroke, dehydration, upset stomach, and typhoid
Read moreSpurt in fever, typhoid among kids due to heat wave
In Dehradun, India, a severe heat wave has resulted in a spurt of cases of fever, diarrhea and typhoid, especially in children
Read moreStudy reveals city potable water rife with bacteria
Residents of Kathmandu Valley have been forced to drink water infected with coliform bacteria such as Vibrio cholera and Salmonella typhi, a new study reveals. Tests showed that 78.75 percent ...
Read moreEstimating the incidence of enteric fever in children in India: a multi-site, active fever surveillance of pediatric cohorts
AUTHOR John J, Bavdekar A, Rongsen-Chandola T, Dutta S; NSSEFI Collaborators, Kang G ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Salmonella Typhi is responsible for about 20 million episodes of illness and over 140,000 deaths ...
Read moreChanging trends of culture-positive typhoid fever and antimicrobial susceptibility in a tertiary care North Indian Hospital over the last decade
AUTHOR Sharma P, Dahiya S, Manral N, Kumari B, Kumar S, Pandey S, Sood S, Das BK, Kapil A ABSTRACT PURPOSE: The present study was undertaken to analyse the trend ...
Read moreReport of relapse typhoid fever cases from Kolkata, India: Recrudescence or Reinfection?
AUTHOR Samajpati S, Das S, Ray U, Dutta S ABSTRACT Three relapse cases out of 107 hospital attending typhoid cases within a period of 2 years (2014-2016) from Apollo Geneagles ...
Read moreTaiwan CDC urges people to avoid raw food and contaminated beverages to ward off typhoid fever
Last week the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced one new imported case of typhoid fever in an over 20-year-old female who resides in northern Taiwan
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