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Typhoid fever: clinical presentation and associated factors in febrile patients visiting Shashemene Referral Hospital, southern Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Although typhoid fever is a major public health problem in Ethiopia, data is not available in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence, clinical presentation at the time of diagnosis and associated factors of ...
Limenih Habte, Endale Tadesse, Getachew Ferede, Anteneh Amsalu   +3 more
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Epidemiology and risk factors for typhoid fever in Central Division, Fiji, 2014-2017: A case-control study. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundTyphoid fever is endemic in Fiji, with high reported annual incidence. We sought to identify the sources and modes of transmission of typhoid fever in Fiji with the aim to inform disease control.Methodology/principal findingsWe identified and ...
Namrata Prasad, Aaron P Jenkins, Lanieta Naucukidi, Varanisese Rosa, Aalisha Sahu-Khan, Mike Kama, Kylie M Jenkins, Adam W J Jenney, Susan J Jack, Debasish Saha, Pierre Horwitz, Stacy D Jupiter, Richard A Strugnell, E Kim Mulholland, John A Crump   +14 more
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Typhoid Fever Surveillance, Incidence Estimates, and Progress Toward Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction — Worldwide, 2018–2022

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2023
Typhoid fever, an acute febrile illness caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), is endemic in many low- and middle-income countries† (1).
Molly Hancuh, J. Walldorf, Anna A. Minta, C. Tévi-Bénissan, K. Christian, Yoann Nedelec, K. Heitzinger, M. Mikoleit, A. Tiffany, A. Bentsi-Enchill, L. Breakwell   +10 more
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Burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in India

New England Journal of Medicine, 2023
Background: In 2017, over half the global burden of typhoid fever was projected to have occurred in India. In the absence of contemporary population-based data, it is unclear whether declining trends of hospitalization for typhoid in India reflect ...
J. John, A. Bavdekar, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, S. Dutta, Madhu Gupta, S. Kanungo, Bireshwar Sinha, M. Srinivasan, Ankita Shrivastava, A. Bansal, Ashita Singh, R. Koshy, Dasharatha R Jinka, Mathew Thomas, Anna P Alexander, Shajin Thankaraj, S. Ebenezer, Arun S. Karthikeyan, Dilesh Kumar, S. K. Njarekkattuvalappil, R. Raju, N. Sahai, B. Veeraraghavan, M. Murhekar, V. Mohan, S. Natarajan, K. Ramanujam, P. Samuel, N. Lo, J. Andrews, N. Grassly, G. Kang   +31 more
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Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes

eLife, 2023
Background: The Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium was established to bring together the typhoid research community to aggregate and analyse Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Typhi) genomic data to inform public health action. This analysis, which marks
M. Carey, Z. Dyson, D. Ingle, A. Amir, M. Aworh, M. Chattaway, Ka Lip Chew, J. Crump, N. Feasey, B. Howden, K. Keddy, Mailis Maes, Christopher M Parry, S. Van Puyvelde, H. Webb, A. Afolayan, Anna P Alexander, S. Anandan, Jason R. Andrews, P. Ashton, B. Basnyat, A. Bavdekar, I. Bogoch, John D. Clemens, K. D. da Silva, Anuradha De, J. de Ligt, Paula Lucia Diaz Guevara, C. Dolecek, S. Dutta, M. Ehlers, Louise K. Francois Watkins, D. Garrett, G. Godbole, M. Gordon, A. Greenhill, Chelsey Griffin, Madhu Gupta, Rene S. Hendriksen, R. Heyderman, Y. Hooda, J. Hormázabal, O. Ikhimiukor, J. Iqbal, J. Jacob, C. Jenkins, D. Jinka, J. John, Gagandeep Kang, Abdoulie Kanteh, A. Kapil, A. Karkey, S. Kariuki, R. Kingsley, R. Koshy, A. C. Lauer, Myron M Levine, R. K. Lingegowda, S. Luby, Grant Mackenzie, T. Mashe, C. Msefula, A. Mutreja, G. Nagaraj, Savitha Nagaraj, Satheesh Nair, T. K. Naseri, S. Nimarota-Brown, Elisabeth Njamkepo, I. Okeke, Sulochana Putli Bai Perumal, A. Pollard, A. Pragasam, F. Qadri, F. Qamar, S. Rahman, Savitra Rambocus, D. Rasko, P. Ray, Roy M. Robins-Browne, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Jean Pierre Rutanga, S. Saha, Senjuti Saha, K. Saigal, M. Sajib, J. Seidman, Jivan Shakya, V. Shamanna, Jayanthi Shastri, R. Shrestha, Sonia B. Sia, M. Sikorski, Ashita Singh, A. Smith, K. Tagg, D. Tamrakar, A. M. Tanmoy, Maria Thomas, Mathew S Thomas, R. Thomsen, N. Thomson, S. Tupua, K. Vaidya, M. Valcanis, B. Veeraraghavan, F. Weill, Jackie Wright, Gordon Dougan, S. Argimón, Jacqueline A. Keane, D. Aanensen, Stephen Baker, K. Holt   +113 more
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS TYPHOID FEVER PREVENTION AMONG PATIENTS AGED 15-50 YEARS, ADJUMANI GENERAL HOSPITAL, ADJUMANI DISTRICT

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background:  The purpose of the study was to determine knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward the prevention of typhoid fever among patients aged 15-50 years in Adjumani General Hospital, Adjumani District.
Chrisatus Anyidi , Vincent Charles Kalungi   +1 more
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An integrated nationwide genomics study reveals transmission modes of typhoid fever in China

mBio, 2023
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi), is a life-threatening disease, usually food-borne and commonly associated with international travel.
Ye Feng, Hang Pan, B. Zheng, Fang Li, Lin Teng, Zhijie Jiang, Mengyao Feng, Xiao Zhou, Xianqi Peng, Xuebin Xu, Haoqiu Wang, Beibei Wu, Yonghong Xiao, Stephen Baker, Guoping Zhao, Min Yue   +15 more
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Using Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines to Prevent Disease, Promote Health Equity, and Counter Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
Typhoid fever is a serious disease that disproportionately impacts children in low-resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. The prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant strains of S.
Nginache Nampota-Nkomba, M. Carey, Leslie P. Jamka, Natalie Fecteau, K. Neuzil   +4 more
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The Burden of Typhoid Fever in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perspective

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2022
While typhoid fever has largely been eliminated in high-income regions which have developed modern water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, it remains a significant public health burden resulting in morbidity and mortality among millions of individuals
Cara L. Kim, L. M. Cruz Espinoza, Kirsten Vannice, B. T. Tadesse, E. Owusu-Dabo, R. Rakotozandrindrainy, I. Jani, M. Teferi, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, O. Lunguya, A. Steele, F. Marks   +11 more
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Epidemiology of typhoid fever in Balad City, Iraq

International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022
One thousand nine hundred and twenty individuals admitted to the general teaching hospital in Balad City, suffer from abdominal pain, fever, a headache and nausea.
Ali Reyadh Medhat, Ahmed Abduljabbar Jaloob Aljanabay   +1 more
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