Meet Yogendra. “I started my life with 100 rupees,” says the 41-year-old resident of Banepa, Nepal. An orphan, Yogendra worked hard his whole life to achieve success. “I had nothing when ...
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Fondation Mérieux holds trials for new enteric fever diagnostic test
Data on incidence of enteric fever are unreliable due to the lack of specificity and sensitivity of the current gold standard diagnostic methods (blood culture or serological Widal and Felix ...
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Outbreak Watch Australia – A student at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School in Perth was mistakenly reported to have typhoid fever Fiji – 73 cases of typhoid fever were recorded between January ...
Read moreParatyphoid outbreak at wedding highlights need for improved WASH surveillance
In March, near the Indian village of Kondotty, more than 100 people fell ill after attending a local wedding reception. The party guests developed varying symptoms including fever, headaches, fatigue, ...
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