Typhoid News
Spurt in fever, typhoid among kids due to heat wave
- In Dehradun, India, a severe heat wave has resulted in a spurt of cases of fever, diarrhea and typhoid, especially in children
Heatstroke, fever cases spike as temperature rises in Delhi
- One doctor estimates that in the last few days, there has been a rise of about 20-25 percent in the cases of heat stroke, dehydration, upset stomach, and typhoid
Study reveals city potable water rife with bacteria
- Residents of Kathmandu Valley have been forced to drink water infected with coliform bacteria such as Vibrio cholera and Salmonella typhi, a new study reveals.
- Tests showed that 78.75 percent of the 758 samples collected from different sources including tap, tube-well, well, tanker, jar, and bottled water in 2016-2017 had coliform.
North Quincy daycare reopens after child’s diagnosis of typhoid fever prompted closure
- A North Quincy daycare center that closed after officials confirmed a child had a case of typhoid fever reopened Tuesday
Typhoid scare at Boston-area day care after child diagnosed
- A child at a day care and preschool in Massachusetts was diagnosed with typhoid fever. The child had recently travelled abroad
- Parents were informed that their child must submit a stool sample to health authorities to ensure they are not carrying typhoid fever
Some gut bacteria may protect against intestinal infection
- Subjects who had higher levels of methanogens were significantly less likely to become sick following exposure to typhoid
- This new study establishes for the first time that certain gut microbes may keep infection at bay
The Legendary Sultan Saladin Was Likely Killed by Typhoid
- Reviewing historical accounts of his death, doctors and historians believe 12th century sultan Saladin’s sweating fits and weakness were brought on by a typhoid infection
Pakistan launches typhoid conjugate vaccine
- The government of Pakistan has become the first country to approve the nationwide rollout of a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) following new evidence of the spread of an unusual typhoid strain which is extensively resistant to antibiotics
- “For too long, typhoid, which invariably affects the world’s poorest people, has been neglected in efforts to improve global health,” said Dr Anita Zaidi, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Taiwan CDC urges people to avoid raw food and contaminated beverages to ward off typhoid fever
- Last week the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced one new imported case of typhoid fever in an over 20-year-old female who resides in northern Taiwan
Typhoid vaccine efficacy study begins in Dhaka
- Typhoid vaccine efficacy study will be conducted among 43,350 children between nine months and 16 years in Dhaka’s Mirpur area
- The study is a part of the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC) project, in which researchers are conducting studies to evaluate how much typhoid can be prevented by the typhoid conjugate vaccine in Bangladesh
Health authorities dispel typhoid outbreak reports
- Authorities have described as untrue reports that there is a typhoid outbreak in Blantyre
- This follows claims that several people have shown signs of the disease within the city
Spike in waterborne infections: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
- 72 cases of typhoid have been reported in Ahmedabad in the first week of April
- Health department officials of the civic body said that there has been a spike in the number of typhoid cases
Typhoid fever on the rise in Madagascar
- For a clinic in Analakely, 10 out of the 50 daily consultations concern this disease, still little known or misinterpreted in Madagascar
Pakistan’s newest health challenge: The typhoid superbug
- The story of a family with three children severely ill with typhoid illustrates the devastating impact of typhoid in Pakistan
- Drug resistance in typhoid is a growing problem in Pakistan, where 26% of respondents reported self-medication of antibiotics
WHO recommends use of first typhoid conjugate vaccine
- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) for infants and children over six months of age in typhoid-endemic countries
- This new policy will help ensure access to typhoid vaccination in communities most impacted by the disease, which is responsible for nearly 12 million infections and between 128,000 and 161,000 deaths a year
Harare cuts off water supplies to residents
- The Harare City Council has begun to shut off water service to nonpaying residents, a move that residents say puts them at risk of diseases like typhoid
- Harare has been battling an ongoing typhoid outbreak for several months
Hyderabad residents still deprived of clean drinking water
- Many in Hyderabad are unable to get clean drinking water, putting them at risk of waterborne diseases
- Hyderabad is in the midst of the first extensively drug-resistant typhoid outbreak