Around 24 people from Boddapadu village of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh were admitted with high fevers in different hospitals and diagnosed with typhoid Health officials suspect that water contamination in ...
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Sewerage raises a stink in sector 10A in Gurgaon
The main sewage line in Gurgaon has broken and is flowing onto the street, flooding neighborhoods and raising the risk of waterborne diseases
Read moreAhmedabad: Vector-borne cases rise sharply in 2016
Typhoid cases in Ahmedabad rose from 2,342 in 2015 to 3,016 in 2016
Read moreFlood Brings Home the Typhoid Bug
Doctors in the city say there are more cases of typhoid being recorded, especially after the August rain
Read morePrevalence and trends in the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A among children in a pediatric tertiary care hospital in South India over a period of ten years: a retrospective study
AUTHORS Iyer RN, Jangam RR, Jacinth A, Venkatalakshmi A, Nahdi FB ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and trends in the antimicrobial resistance of typhoidal ...
Read moreThe Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC): Vaccine effectiveness study designs: Accelerating the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines and reducing the global burden of enteric fever. Report from a meeting held on 26–27 October 2016, Oxford, UK
AUTHORS James E. Meiring, Malick Gibani, the TyVAC Consortium Meeting Group ABSTRACT Typhoid fever is estimated to cause between 11.9–26.9 million infections globally each year with 129,000–216,510 deaths. Access to ...
Read morePreparedness of adolescents departing from Athens International Airport to Africa or Asia: A five-year airport-based prospective study
AUTHORS Maltezou HC, Pavli A, Theodoridou K, Bournousouzis E, Minitsios A, Katerelos P, Lymperi I, Theodoridou M ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The number of adolescents who travel has increased. We estimated the preparedness of adolescents (12-18 years) departing from ...
Read moreSocial and Economic Burden Associated With Typhoid Fever in Kathmandu and Surrounding Areas: A Qualitative Study
AUTHORS Jason R Andrews, Krista Vaidya, Caryn Bern, Dipesh Tamrakar, Shawn Wen, Surendra Madhup, Rajeev Shrestha, Biraj Karmacharya, Bibush Amatya, Rajendra Koju, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Elizabeth Hohmann, Edward T Ryan, ...
Read moreHigh Rates of Enteric Fever Diagnosis and Lower Burden of Culture-Confirmed Disease in Peri-urban and Rural Nepal
AUTHORS Jason R Andrews, Krista Vaidya, Caryn Bern, Dipesh Tamrakar, Shawn Wen, Surendra Madhup, Rajeev Shrestha, Biraj Karmacharya, Bibush Amatya, Rajendra Koju, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Elizabeth Hohmann, Edward T Ryan, ...
Read moreHow patients navigate the diagnostic ecosystem in a fragmented health system: a qualitative study from India
AUTHORS Vijayashree Yellapa, Narayanan Devadasan, Anja Krumeich, Nitika Pant Pai, Caroline Vadnais, Madhukar Pai and Nora Engel ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Depending on a country’s diagnostic infrastructure, patients and providers play different roles in ensuring that correct and ...
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