Typhoid News
Typhoid fever in Nigeria not too common as believed — Commissioner
- The Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr Vincent Okpala, says Typhoid fever in Nigeria is not as common as it has been made to be
- Okpala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday that the Widal test used in the country to diagnose Typhoid fever would not give accurate diagnosis for the fever
- He said there was need for renewed scrutiny and adherence to diagnosis guidelines by healthcare practitioners in the country
NIH issues advisory to control, treat typhoid
- The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory to all provincial health departments to take prevention and treatment measures to control typhoid fever during summer and monsoon season
- Since the emergence of COVID-19, it has been observed that health care professionals are frequently prescribing azithromycin for the COVID-19 patients may develop resistance against azithromycin
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak in Harare’s Sunningdale Suburb
- Harare’s Sunningdale suburb has been hit by a typhoid outbreak after recording nine cases
- The cases were confirmed by Ward 10 Councillor Hammy Madzingira who attributed the outbreak to continuous sewer bursts in the surburb
Abbott partners with Babygogo to conduct survey on awareness around typhoid fever
- Abbott partnered with Babygogo (part of the Sheroes Network), to conduct a nationwide survey across eight cities* to assess awareness around typhoid fever
- There are higher levels of awareness for mandatory vaccines, ie., vaccines given in National Immunisation Programme of the country (NIP) such as rotavirus (82 per cent) compared to vaccines not given in NIP such as influensa (67 per cent) and typhoid (66 per cent)
After Covid-19, Typhoid rears head in K-P
- The ongoing health crisis in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa appears to be compounded by the surge in Typhoid fever cases
- Dr. Fazlur Rehman, who has served at a known testing facility, for more than two decades, said medical practitioners must urge patients to get a blood culture when symptoms surface
Typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever and the emergence of XDR typhoid fever
- Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever are clinically indistinguishable and produce the syndrome known as enteric fever
- The recent development of large outbreaks (thousands of cases) of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever in Pakistan has complicated the approach to the treatment of typhoid fever
Typhoid conjugate vaccine safe, effective when administered with meningococcal A
- Typhoid conjugate vaccine is safe and effective in children when given with meningococcal A vaccine as part of routine immunization
- Findings were presented during the 2020 Virtual Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Typhoid’s relative may be key to curing disease
- Song and her team discovered that typhoid’s close cousin, salmonella Javiana, invades and infects hosts cells in almost the same way, but with much less harmful results
- “Surprisingly,” she said, “we found that two toxins play different roles despite their high similarity.”
Much needed attention on dengue and typhoid as leptospirosis claims lives
- Leptospirosis alone has claimed about nine to 10 lives so far says Minister for Disaster Management, Inia Seruiratu
- He said we need to focus much needed attention on the threat of dengue fever and typhoid as well
Study reveals foodborne illness burden in Taiwan
- One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers
- Among just more than half of foodborne illnesses cases with identifiable causal microorganisms, non-typhoid Salmonella, norovirus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus were leading pathogens
Ministry Confirms Outbreak Of Typhoid, Leptospirosis, Dengue Fever Post Cyclone
- Outbreaks of typhoid, leptospirosis and dengue fever have been identified by the Health Ministry in areas affected by Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold over the past week
- The ministry deployed 24 medical personnel in the Eastern Division consisting of medical officers, nurses and dieticians for assessments
In the middle of covid-19 crisis typhoid resurfaces in Harare
- The country’s State of health has been hit another blow following the suspected recent resurfacing of typhoid in some parts of Harare
- In an interview with Chitungwiza town mayor Lovermore Maiko regarding the water shortages and sewer pipe bursts, the mayor said their main worry was that the dormitory town had no meaningful water sources of its own as they mostly relied on Harare for supplies
Coventry school closed after pupil typhoid diagnosis
- Whitmore Park Primary School was closed on Monday to complete a “deep clean” which began at the weekend. It is expected to reopen on Tuesday
- Head teacher Jacqueline McGibney said the school was working with Public Health England (PHE) “who have advised us that the risk to children is low”
- PHE said the child’s infection was travel-related and an associated pupil was being tested
Gweru DCP, council on typhoid high alert
- The Department of Civil Protection (DCP) in Gweru and the local authority have partnered to fight typhoid after the city last week recorded two suspected typhoid deaths in Mkoba suburb
- City council spokesperson Vimbai Chingwaramusee said after the meeting, the local authority’s rapid response team started rolling out awareness campaigns on high standards of hygiene and the need to consume safe water
Prison in PNG town hit by typhoid
- Warders and inmates at Daru prison diagnosed with typhoid and malaria are calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to move them out immediately
- Daru prison’s acting commander among eleven staff and prisoners being treated at the local hospital
Emergency drive finds new vaccine effective against typhoid: experts
- An emergency vaccination campaign in Sindh following the outbreak of typhoid in the province has found the typhoid conjugate vaccine to be effective in preventing new cases of the disease, said researchers at an event at the Aga Khan University (AKU)
- At the same time as the campaign, researchers set up a surveillance system in the same area over an 18-month period to screen a cohort of over 20,000 children, who received the vaccine, to detect cases of typhoid. They found that nine out of 10 children in the cohort, or 89 per cent, did not contract the disease
Empowered communities in Harare are fighting cholera and typhoid
- In Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, recurring outbreaks of cholera and typhoid fever are a pressing health concern
- Using innovative borehole technology and empowering communities to manage their own water points, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has developed a highly effective environmental health toolkit
- The true driving force of the toolkit, however, are the communities of Harare’s suburbs
Study finds key mechanism for how typhoid bacteria infects
- A new study has uncovered key details for how the Salmonella bacteria that causes typhoid fever identifies a host’s immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread
- The study identifies three subunits on a typhoid toxin protein, one of which is key for delivering the toxin into host cells
- The findings open the door to develop small molecules that block the high affinity trisaccharides and inhibit the toxin from binding to and entering the target cell
Haiti reports typhoid outbreak in North-East
- The Mayor of the commune of Mont-Organisé , in North-East department, said that Typhoid fever is raging because of the poor quality of the water consumed by the population
- Health care is limited there and when cases of illness exceed capacity, patients are transferred to other centers in Milot or in Cap-Haitien (North)
Biological E. unveils typhoid conjugate vaccine, commissions ₹300-cr plant near Hyderabad
- Biological E. Ltd on Monday commissioned its manufacturing plant at the Genome Valley Special Economic Zone near here and unveiled its new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)
- Recently, BE received authorisation from the health regulatory authorities to license and market a new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
- The vaccine was developed in partnership with the GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, based in Siena (Italy), which first developed the asset and transferred it to BE in 2013
