Decades neglecting ancient disease typhoid fever has triggered a health emergency around the world

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  • New extensively drug-resistant variants of an ancient and deadly disease—typhoid fever—are spreading across international borders
  • Cases have been reported in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iraq, Guatemala, UK, US, and Germany, as well as more recently in Australia and Canada
  • Under-reporting and international surveillance gaps mean that drug-resistant typhoid is probably even more extensive than we think