A recently published Nature Reviews Primer about typhoid discusses the epidemiology, disease burden, risk factors, genomics, and challenges, including multidrug resistance, diagnostics, and clinical presentation, as well as recent advances ...
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Typhoid affects an estimated 9 million people each year, although experts agree this is likely an underestimate due to the difficulties with accurate diagnosis and reporting. Estimating typhoid burden through ...
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As the 13th International Conference on Typhoid & Other Invasive Salmonelloses, kicks off today in Kigali, Rwanda, we are excited to learn about new typhoid research, hear about advances in ...
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Typhoid is highly endemic in Nepal, with 82,000 cases and 900 deaths each year. Notably, the Kathmandu and Kavre districts bear a significant burden of typhoid. Earlier research in Nepal ...
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Accurate diagnosis and treatment of typhoid is difficult in many low- and middle-income countries where the typhoid burden is highest. Blood culture-confirmed diagnosis, the gold standard, is expensive and requires ...
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Antimicrobial resistance, multidrug-resistant, antibiotic resistant, drug resistance – what does it all mean? Research shows that the technical terminology used to communicate the phenomenon of bacteria and viruses becoming non-susceptible ...
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Typhoid intestinal perforations – or TIP – is a severe, life-threatening, late complication of typhoid, which can occur several weeks after initial symptoms. TIP is a surgical emergency with mortality ...
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Drug-resistant typhoid is a growing concern as the number of cases resistant to one or more antibiotics is increasing globally. This suggests that existing antibiotics may not effectively treat typhoid. ...
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Nepal bears one of the most significant global burdens of typhoid, with approximately 82,000 cases resulting in 900 deaths annually. Most of these cases afflict children younger than age 15 ...
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Since 2017 Dr. Kathleen Neuzil has been project director for the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium, a strategic partnership led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center of Vaccine ...
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