Untreatable strains of typhoid threaten a global health emergency, experts warn

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  • The disease which causes as many as 21 million cases a year is too often overlooked as a disease of the past, when in fact it is increasingly difficult to treat
  • Researchers from Oxford Martin School are calling for global health institutions to dedicate new resources to tackling typhoid
  • Rising antimicrobial resistance and the ongoing outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Pakistan should be a wake-up call about the risks the disease poses