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Burden of enteric fever and antibiotic sensitivity in Nepalese Children Prior to Typhoid Vaccine in National Immunization Program

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2023
Background: Enteric fever is a major public health problem in developing and under developed countries. Case fatality rate without treatment is 10-30% and with appropriate treatment is only 1-4%.
Ram Hari Chapagain, santosh Adhikari, Tribhuwan Bhattarai, Yubanidhi Basaula, Srijana Bhattarai   +4 more
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Assessment of Bacterial Accumulation and Environmental Factors in Sentinel Oysters and Estuarine Water Quality from the Phang Nga Estuary Area in Thailand. [PDF]

, 2018
This study characterized microbiological and chemical contamination of oyster meat and estuarine water in Phang Nga, Thailand. Pooled oyster meats (n = 144), estuarine waters (n = 96) and environmental parameters were collected from March, 2016 to ...
Atwill, Edward R, Chuanchuen, Rungtip, Jeamsripong, Saharuetai   +2 more
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Salmonella paratyphi C: genetic divergence from Salmonella choleraesuis and pathogenic convergence with Salmonella typhi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Although over 1400 Salmonella serovars cause usually self-limited gastroenteritis in humans, a few, e.g., Salmonella typhi and S. paratyphi C, cause typhoid, a potentially fatal systemic infection.
Wei-Qiao Liu, Ye Feng, Yan Wang, Qing-Hua Zou, Fang Chen, Ji-Tao Guo, Yi-Hong Peng, Yan Jin, Yong-Guo Li, Song-Nian Hu, Randal N Johnston, Gui-Rong Liu, Shu-Lin Liu   +12 more
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The Vi antigen ofSalmonella paratyphi A [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 1952
1.Salmonella paratyphi Apossesses a specific Vi antigen essentially similar to that of the Vi antigen ofSalm. typhi.2. O-insensitive strains ofSalm. paratyphi Acontain more Vi antigen, and are more virulent for mice, than O-sensitive strains.3. The most suitable strains for the preparation of paratyphoid-Avaccine are those that develop both the Vi and ...
openaire   +4 more sources

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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Resistance to carbapenems in non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serovars from humans, animals and food [PDF]

, 2018
Non-typhoidal serovars of Salmonella enterica (NTS) are a leading cause of food-borne disease in animals and humans worldwide. Like other zoonotic bacteria, NTS have the potential to act as reservoirs and vehicles for the transmission of antimicrobial ...
Fernández, J., Guerra, B., Rodicio Rodicio, María del Rosario   +2 more
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Incidence of diarrhea caused by rotavirus infections in rural Zhengding, China: prospective, population-based surveillance.

, 2005
Rotavirus is the pathogen most commonly associated with severe gastroenteritis in young children in the People's Republic of China, yet there are few population-based data on the incidence of rotavirus infection. The present study investigated the burden
Wang, Xuan-Yi, Xu, Zhi-Yi, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Zhang, Ying-Lin, Zhao, Shou-Jun, Hao, Zhi-Yong, Han, Oak Pil, Kilgore, Paul, Xing, Zhan-Chun, Han, Chang-Quan, Ma, Jing-Chen, Chen, Ji-Chao, Clemens, John   +12 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 malaria and typhoid fever burden in the slums of Kolkata, India: data from a prospective community-based study.

, 2006
Recent research has indicated that the malaria burden in Asia may have been vastly underestimated. We conducted a prospective community-based study in an impoverished urban site in Kolkata, India, to estimate the burden of malaria and typhoid fever and ...
Acosta, Camilo J, Ali, Mohammad, Bhattacharya, Sujit K, Clemens, John D, Deb, Alok K, Deen, Jacqueline L, Dutta, Shanta, Gupta, Vinay Kumar, Kanungo, Suman, Kim, Deok Ryun, Manna, Byomkesh, Ochiai, R Leon, Sarkar, Banwari Lal, Sur, Dipika, Tsuzuki, Ataru, von Seidlein, Lorenz   +15 more
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A Review on Potentially Probiotic Yeasts From Traditional Fermented Products in Sub‐Saharan Africa for Sustainable Food Systems and Improved Health

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the potential of sub‐Saharan African fermented food products as sources of probiotic yeasts for improved food security and health. ABSTRACT Research on probiotic yeasts from fermented products in sub‐Saharan Africa was limited in the past, but there is currently a surge in investigative efforts in this field.
Lethiwe Lynett Mbuyane
wiley   +1 more source