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Prevention of Typhoid Fever by Existing Improvements in Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, and the Use of the Vi Polysaccharide Typhoid Vaccine in Poor Urban Slums: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial. [PDF]
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Typhoid vaccination is an important component of typhoid fever prevention and control, and is recommended for public health programmatic use in both endemic and outbreak settings.
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The importance of generating evidence on typhoid fever for implementing vaccination strategies
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), remains a major cause of enteric disease and a significant public health problem, predominantly in children in developing countries. Global estimates of typhoid fever range from 17 to
Duncan Steele
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OBJECTIVE: To carry out a comparative study of the safety and immunogenicity of Vi polysaccharide vaccine against whole-cell killed (WCK) typhoid vaccine.
Panchanathan Vijayaretnam +10 more
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Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Paratyphi B [O1,4,(5),12?:?Hb?:?1,2] can cause either an enteric fever (paratyphoid fever) or self-limiting gastroenteritis in humans. The d-tartrate non-fermenting variant S. enterica subsp.
Agtini, Magdarina D +17 more
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From 1996 onward, a pandemic spread of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections due to one clone has been reported in several Asian countries. During a population-based study that relied on passive surveillance, 548 cases of V.
Dinh Thi Tuyet +31 more
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Summary: Background: While trials have demonstrated high efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), data on effectiveness are limited. We report initial impacts and predict future benefits of TCV from two provinces in Pakistan.
Alicia N.M. Kraay +4 more
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Factors associated with reported diarrhoea episodes and treatment-seeking in an urban slum of Kolkata, India. [PDF]
In an urban slum in eastern Kolkata, India, reported diarrhoea rates, healthcare-use patterns, and factors associated with reported diarrhoea episodes were studied as a part of a diarrhoea-surveillance project.
Deb, Alok K +7 more
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Community perceptions of a mass administration of an antimalarial drug combination in The Gambia.
To test the hypothesis that widespread treatment with artemisinin derivatives can reduce malaria transmission, a mass drug administration (MDA) campaign was undertaken in an area of The Gambia in 1999.
Deen, JL +5 more
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