Typhoid News
Popular Michigan Mexican Restaurant at Center of Salmonella Outbreak
- Salmonella Saintpaul serotype contracted by 15 people in Michigan and Illinois
- Initial restaurant linked to the outbreak has been closed, but person-person transmission is ongoing
Inadequate vaccination, malaria prevention among teens traveling internationally
- A study presented at ASM Microbe conference found that vaccines for typhoid fever and rabies were inadequately administered to adolescents traveling to countries in which these diseases are endemic
- Typhoid vaccine was only administered to 20.5% of qualified adolescent travelers
BMC’s Biggest Ever Crackdown on Illegal Hawkers
- Citing concerns about typhoid and hepatitis, Mumbai officials increase fines on unlicensed street food vendors
- Fines were increased from 1,200 Rs to 5,000 Rs, and 30 million Rs of goods were seized
WHO review of typhoid fever in Zambia
- Between May 4 and June 2, Zambia outbreak saw 127 cases and one death (case fatality rate, CFR: 0.8%)
- The re-opening of schools in the coming weeks heightens the urgency of the situation
Possible infection of a thousand soldiers in Turkey
- One soldier died and 1046 were hospitalized with Salmonella infection from army barracks in Turkey
- All barracks were found to use a common supplier of turkey meat
Doctors worry over rising cases of water-borne infections
- Doctors on outskirts of Pune, India reported increase in cases of water-borne typhoid and cholera
- Patients complained of a recent stale taste in the water in affected neighborhoods
Typhoid patients isolated as testing carried out in Palmerston North
- Palmerston North’s two typhoid patients will remain in isolation
- 28 people have been tested, all 21 results received so far were negative
Funding shortfall hits starving in northeast Nigeria
- Humanitarian agencies are concerned about risk of typhoid in northeast Nigeria with the ongoing famine and impending rainy season
Typhoid cases receding since the beginning of this month
- The Ministry of Health in Tonga has recorded a decline in the number of cases of typhoid
As sewage seeps into al-Bab water supply, typhoid outbreak affects dozens
- A Syrian city still reeling from recent conflict between the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic State is now facing a public health crisis
- Dozens of residents are contracting typhoid fever every day as a result of drinking contaminated water from wells dug outside the city. Raw sewage from ruptured lines are seeping into the wells
- 75 percent of the city was destroyed in the fighting, including much of the healthcare system. Running water has not yet been restored
Child in Palmerston North hospital with typhoid, another tests positive
- Two children have been diagnosed in Palmerston North. Officials believe these cases are connected with the typhoid outbreak that took place in Auckland in April.
- One of the children, a teenager, is hospitalized. The other, a preschooler, is being treated with antibiotics and has a family connection to the Auckland outbreak.
Zambia: Residents in Kalingalinga upset with government after typhoid breakout
- After a water crisis contributed to a typhoid outbreak in Zambia, residents have asked the Ministry of Health to facilitate a safe water supply to the area
- However, workers for the contractor have refused to dig drainage after the contractor failed to pay them, upsetting residents
Elisabeth Moss To Produce & Star In ‘Fever’ TV Series
- BBC has announced a television series based on Mary Beth Keane’s novel “Fever”, the story of Typhoid Mary
Typhoid cases increase in district
- Increasing incidence of typhoid cases in Nalawa district in Fiji
- Health officials say that mostly men are affected as they have a habit of drinking grog, which may be mixed with contaminated water
Sierra Leone News: “Everybody pays a heavy price for the illegal dumping of waste by anti-social households”–FCC Environment Office
- Widespread improper dumping of waste in Freetown, Sierra Leone is contaminating the city’s water, leading to a rise of waterborne diseases like typhoid
MoH Deploys Ebola Scanners
- Health officers are screening and carrying out disease prevention activities after reports of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Mpika district still has eight patients in the hospital following a typhoid outbreak where 92 cases were recorded
Rising humidity leads to increase in fever, diarrhea
- As temperatures rise in Delhi, doctors are seeing a 20-25 percent rise in typhoid cases
Seventeen Cases of Typhoid to Date
- A 17-year-old young man has become the 17th recorded case on typhoid in Tonga this year
FDA, BMC to inspect ice samples in roadside stalls
- The Food and Drug Administration in Mumbai will be conducting inspections to check the quality of ice in roadside samples
- Ice can be made of contaminated water, which can spread diseases like typhoid
Disease spike in Pakistan summer: Experts blame substandard drinks
- The sale of substandard cold drinks, prepared in poor hygienic conditions, can cause diseases like typhoid
