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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Cost of Illness in Bangladesh: Patient and Health Facility Costs From the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project II

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background We conducted a cost of illness study to assess the economic burden of pediatric enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid) in Bangladesh. Results can inform public health policies to prevent enteric fever.
Nelly Mejia, S. Pallas, S. Saha, Jamal Udin, K. M. I. Sayeed, D. Garrett, K. Date, T. Abimbola   +7 more
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Biofilm producing Salmonella typhi: Chronic colonization and development of gallbladder cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi is the aetiological agent of typhoid or enteric fever. In a subset of individuals, S. Typhi colonizes the gallbladder causing an asymptomatic chronic infection.
Cavallo, Ilaria, Di Domenico, Enea Gino, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Pontone, Martina, Toma, Luigi   +4 more
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Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Typhi and Paratyphi among febrile patients at Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, eastern Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi among febrile patients at Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, eastern ...
Dawit Admassu, Gudina Egata, Zelalem Teklemariam   +2 more
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Burden of Culture Confirmed Enteric Fever Cases in Karachi, Pakistan: Surveillance For Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP), 2016–2019

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP) is a multicenter, multicountry study conducted in Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. The objectives of the study were to characterize disease incidence among patients with enteric fever ...
Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, S. Irfan, R. Thobani, A. M. Kazi, A. Hotwani, A. Memon, K. Iqbal, S. Qazi, N. Saddal, N. Rahman, I. Dehraj, Mohammed J Hunzai, Junaid Mehmood, D. Garrett, S. Saha, J. Andrews, S. Luby, F. Qamar   +17 more
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Evaluation of a Rapid Point-of-Care Multiplex Immunochromatographic Assay for the Diagnosis of Enteric Fever

Msphere, 2020
Enteric fever remains a significant global problem, and control programs are significantly limited by the lack of an optimal assay for identifying individuals with acute infection.
Shailendra Kumar, A. Nodoushani, F. Khanam, A. T. Decruz, P. Lambotte, R Scott, I. Bogoch, K. Vaidya, S. Calderwood, T. Bhuiyan, J. Esfandiari, E. Ryan, F. Qadri, J. Andrews, R. Charles   +14 more
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Differences in perception of dysentery and enteric fever and willingness to receive vaccines among rural residents in China.

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Enteric diseases including dysentery and enteric fever remain significant public health problems in China. While vaccines offer great potential in controlling these diseases, greater understanding of factors influencing acceptance of vaccines
Chen, Xinguang, Clemens, John, Gong, Youlong, Kaljee, Linda, Mao, Rong, Nyamette, Andrew, Pach, Alfred, Pack, Robert, Stanton, Bonita, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Wang, Xuanyi   +10 more
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Loss of very-long O-antigen chains optimizes capsule-mediated immune evasion by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. [PDF]

, 2013
UnlabelledExpression of capsular polysaccharides is a variable trait often associated with more-virulent forms of a bacterial species. For example, typhoid fever is caused by the capsulated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, while nontyphoidal Salmonella
Bäumler, Andreas J, Crawford, Robert W, Spees, Alanna M, Tsolis, Renée M, Wangdi, Tamding, Xavier, Mariana N   +5 more
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The Current Status of Enteric Fever Diagnostics and Implications for Disease Control

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Enteric (typhoid) fever remains a problem in low- and middle-income countries that lack the infrastructure to maintain sanitation and where inadequate diagnostic methods have restricted our ability to identify and control the disease more effectively. As
S. Baker, Christoph J Blohmke, Mailis Maes, Peter I Johnston, T. Darton   +4 more
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Increased risk for malaria in chronically malnourished children under 5 years of age in rural Gambia.

, 2002
Malaria and malnutrition cause high morbidity and mortality in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To explore the relationship between nutritional status and malaria, a cohort of Gambian children under 5 years of age was followed weekly during one malaria season ...
Deen, JL, von Seidlein, L, Walraven, GEL
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Cost of Illness in Nepal: Patient and Health Facility Costs From the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project II

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Enteric fever is endemic in Nepal and its economic burden is unknown. The objective of this study was to estimate the cost of illness due to enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid) at selected sites in Nepal.
Nelly Mejia, T. Abimbola, J. Andrews, K. Vaidya, D. Tamrakar, S. Pradhan, R. Shakya, D. Garrett, K. Date, S. Pallas   +9 more
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