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Typhoid and paratyphoid fever [PDF]

The Lancet, 2005
Typhoid fever is estimated to have caused 21.6 million illnesses and 216,500 deaths globally in 2000, affecting all ages. There is also one case of paratyphoid fever for every four of typhoid. The global emergence of multidrug-resistant strains and of strains with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones is of great concern. We discuss the occurrence
M K, Bhan, Rajiv, Bahl, Shinjini, Bhatnagar   +2 more
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WHO preferred product characteristics for bivalent Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi A vaccine for comprehensive protection against enteric fever– key considerations and research gaps [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] [PDF]

Gates Open Research
In 2021, Salmonella Paratyphi A caused >2 million illnesses, resulting in >14,000 deaths, most of which occurred among children under 5 years of age in socioeconomically deprived populations.
Denise O. Garrett, John A. Crump, Jacob John, Melita A. Gordon, Matthew B. Laurens, Karen H. Keddy, Florian Marks, Xinxue Liu, Senjuti Saha, Andrew J. Pollard, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Ana Belen Ibarz Pavon, Alejandro Craviotto, John Clemens   +13 more
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The Relationship Between Blood Sample Volume and Diagnostic Sensitivity of Blood Culture for Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2018
Background Blood culture is the standard diagnostic method for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever in surveillance studies and clinical trials, but sensitivity is widely acknowledged to be suboptimal.
Antillon M, Saad NJ, Baker S, Pollard AJ, Pitzer VE.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The application of the grey disaster model to forecast epidemic peaks of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to forecast epidemic peaks of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in China using the grey disaster model, to evaluate its feasibility of predicting the epidemic tendency of notifiable diseases. METHODS: According to
Xuejun Shen, Limin Ou, Xiaojun Chen, Xin Zhang, Xuerui Tan   +4 more
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Comparative Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovers Paratyphi A and Typhi Causing Enteric Fever, Bangladesh, 2018–2020 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Enteric fever remains a public health challenge. We analyzed data from a cluster-randomized Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine trial to compare the epidemiology between Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A, which causes paratyphoid fever, and Typhi,
Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Md Golam Firoj, Se Eun Park, Farhana Khanam, Suneth Agampodi, Kassa Haile, Edilawit Mesfin, Faisal Ahmmed, Md Taufiqul Islam, Ashraful Islam Khan, Fahima Chowdhury, Afroza Akter, Martin Bundi Mwebia, Justin Im, Natasha Y. Rickett, Cecilia Kathure Mbae, Asma Binte Aziz, Beatrice Ongadi, Moses Mwangi, Benjamin Ngugi, Meseret Gebre Behute, Kelvin Kering, Suman Kanungo, Xinxue Liu, Deok Ryun Kim, Andrew J. Pollard, K Zaman, Samuel Kariuki, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens   +29 more
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Incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: results of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project.

Lancet Glob Health, 2022
Garrett DO, Longley AT, Aiemjoy K, Yousafzai MT, Hemlock C, Yu AT, Vaidya K, Tamrakar D, Saha S, Bogoch II, Date K, Saha S, Islam MS, Sayeed KMI, Bern C, Shakoor S, Dehraj IF, Mehmood J, Sajib MSI, Islam M, Thobani RS, Hotwani A, Rahman N, Irfan S, Naga SR, Memon AM, Pradhan S, Iqbal K, Shrestha R, Rahman H, Hasan MM, Qazi SH, Kazi AM, Saddal NS, Jamal R, Hunzai MJ, Hossain T, Marks F, Carter AS, Seidman JC, Qamar FN, Saha SK, Andrews JR, Luby SP.   +43 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Paratyphoid fever [PDF]

The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, 1905
F.Percival Mackie
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A Large-Scale Community-Based Outbreak of Paratyphoid Fever Caused by Hospital-Derived Transmission in Southern China. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:Since the 1990s, paratyphoid fever caused by Salmonella Paratyphi A has emerged in Southeast Asia and China. In 2010, a large-scale outbreak involving 601 cases of paratyphoid fever occurred in the whole of Yuanjiang county in China ...
Meiying Yan, Bo Yang, Zhigang Wang, Shukun Wang, Xiaohe Zhang, Yanhua Zhou, Bo Pang, Baowei Diao, Rusong Yang, Shuyu Wu, John D Klena, Biao Kan   +11 more
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Review of current typhoid fever vaccines, cross-protection against paratyphoid fever, and the European guidelines

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2017
Introduction: Typhoid and paratyphoid fever remain a global health problem, which – in non-endemic countries – are mainly seen in travelers, particularly in VFRs (visiting friends and relatives), with occasional local outbreaks occurring.
Jane N Zuckerman, Christoph Hatz, Anu Kantele   +2 more
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Age Distribution of Patients Presenting With Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2018
Background: Enteric fever is a significant cause of morbidity in Nepal. In the past, Salmonella entericaserovar Typhi (S. Typhi) was the major causative organism of enteric fever. However, more recently, Salmonella entericaserovar Paratyphi (S.Paratyphi)
Damodar Gajurel, Rabi Prakash Sharma, Krishna Dhungana, Niranjan Acharya, Prasant Karki, Sudikshya Acharya   +5 more
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