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Comparisons of predictors for typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Kolkata, India

BMC Public Health, 2007
Background: Exposure of the individual to contaminated food or water correlates closely with the risk for enteric fever. Since public health interventions such as water improvement or vaccination campaigns are implemented for groups of individuals we ...
Deen Jacqueline L, Manna Byomkesh, von Seidlein Lorenz, Ali Mohammad, Sur Dipika, Acosta Camilo J, Clemens John D, Bhattacharya Sujit K   +7 more
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Cases of typhoid fever in Copenhagen region:a retrospective study of presentation and relapse [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever is a systemic illness which in high-income countries mainly affects travellers. The incidence is particularly high on the Indian subcontinent.
Barrett, Freja Cecille, Johansen, Isik Somuncu, Knudsen, Jenny Dahl   +2 more
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Healthcare use for diarrhoea and dysentery in actual and hypothetical cases, Nha Trang, Viet Nam. [PDF]

, 2004
To better understand healthcare use for diarrhoea and dysentery in Nha Trang, Viet Nam, qualitative interviews with community residents and dysentery case studies were conducted. Findings were supplemented by a quantitative survey which asked respondents
Canh, Do Gia, Clemens, John D, Genberg, Becky L, Kaljee, Linda, Minh, Truong Tan, Thiem, Vu Dinh, Tho, Le Huu, Thoa, Le Thi Kim, Trach, Dang Duc, von Seidlein, Lorenz   +9 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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Development and evaluation of a multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis assay for subtyping Salmonella Typhi strains from sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose: Molecular epidemiological investigations of the highly clonal Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) are important in outbreak detection and in tracking disease transmission.
, GERMS-SA, Coulibaly, Kalpy J., Keddy, Karen H., Smith, Anthony M., Tarupiwa, Andrew, Tau, Nomsa P., Wain, John R.   +6 more
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Study on association factors of intestinal infectious diseases based-Bayesian spatio-temporal model

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Intestinal infectious diseases (IIDs) are a significant public health issue in China, and the incidence and distribution of IIDs vary greatly by region and are affected by various factors. This study aims to describe the spatio-temporal trends
Yancen Zhan, Hua Gu, Xiuyang Li
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Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor isolates from Mozambique that harbour the classical CTX prophage.

, 2006
Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates belonging to the Ogawa serotype, El Tor biotype, harbouring the classical CTX prophage were first isolated in Mozambique in 2004.
Ansaruzzaman, M, Choi, Seon Young, Chun, Jongsik, Clemens, John D, Han, Kyung Ho, Kim, Dong Wook, Lee, Je Hee, Lucas, Marcelino ES, Mondlane, C, Nair, G Balakrish, Sack, David A, Song, Manki, The Mozambique Cholera Vaccine Demonstration Project Coordinatio, von Seidlein, Lorenz   +13 more
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Complex Adaptive Immunity to Enteric Fevers in Humans: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward [PDF]

, 2014
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), the causative agent of typhoid fever, and S. Paratyphi A and B, causative agents of paratyphoid fever, are major public health threats throughout the world.
Marcelo B. Sztein, Monica A. McArthur, Rosangela Salerno-Goncalves   +2 more
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Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children [PDF]

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Aim: We aimed to study the clinical profile of enteric fever in children at an urban tertiary care children's hospital in South India. Materials and methods: We carried out a retrospective study of culture-proven enteric fever in children aged 0–18 years
Divya Priyadharshini, Mobill Clinton, Nandini Sethuraman, Mathrubootham Sridhar, Vidya Krishna   +4 more
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Salmonella paratyphi-induced splenic vein thrombosis: A case report on infrequent cause of acute abdomen

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Splenic vein thrombosis and splenic infarction are complications beyond the usual clinical spectrum of paratyphoid fever, and the presentation is rarely described.
Ruchika Saini, Gautam Jesrani, Monica Gupta, Samiksha Gupta, Ankit Chhabra   +4 more
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