Monrovia – Liberia has begun massively preparing to launch the typhoid conjugate Vaccine come early next year, according to information from the Ministry of Health According to the Health Ministry’s ...
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Determinants of linear growth faltering among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study
AUTHORS Brander RL, Pavlinac PB, Walson JL, John-Stewart GC, Weaver MR, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Sur D, Sow SO, Hossain MJ, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Nasrin D, Nataro JP, Levine ...
Read moreSerotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of human Salmonella enterica in Bangui, Central African Republic, from 2004 to 2013
AUTHORS Sebastien Breurec , Yann Reynaud, Thierry Frank, Alain Farra, Geoffroy Costilhes, François-Xavier Weill, Simon Le Hello ABSTRACT Background: Limited epidemiological and antimicrobial resistance data are available on Salmonella enterica ...
Read moreNon Typhoidal Salmonella Pyonephrosis in an Asymptomatic Immunocompetent Patient
AUTHORS Seif Mokadem, Mohamed Ali Nouioui, Salma Kalai, Tarek Taktak, Houssem Mediouni, Ramzi Khiari, Samir Ghozzi ABSTRACT A 50-year-old man with no past medical history presented with 5 months history ...
Read moreTyphoid Caecal Perforation in a Two-Year Old Child: A Case Report
AUTHORS Ogundoyin Olakayode, Ijeoma Chibuzo, Hyginus Ekwuazi, Chukwudi Nwafuluaku ABSTRACT Background: Typhoid fever afflicts people of low socioeconomic status in developing nations. Although ileal perforation is a common complication of ...
Read moreTyphoid outbreak scare hits Malosa secondary school
Over 30 students from Malosa secondary school have been admitted to the hospital on suspicion of typhoid fever The school uses water from untreated dam Last year, the school was ...
Read morePrevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enteric bacterial pathogens in human and non-human sources in an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa
AUTHORS Kalule JB, Smith AM, Vulindhlu M, Tau NP, Nicol MP, Keddy KH, Robberts L ABSTRACT Background: In light of rampant childhood diarrhoea, this study investigated bacterial pathogens from human ...
Read morePrevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Salmonella and Shigella among food handlers working in food establishment at Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia
AUTHORS Neja Awol, Demiss Nigusse, Musa Ali ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella, antibiotic susceptibility profile and associated factors among ...
Read moreThe Invisible Burden: Diagnosing and Combatting Typhoid Fever in Asia and Africa
AUTHORS Virginia E Pitzer, James Meiring, Frederick P Martineau, Conall H Watson, Gagandeep Kang, Buddha Basnyat, Stephen Baker ABSTRACT Measuring the burden of typhoid fever and developing effective strategies to ...
Read moreThe Monitoring and Evaluation of a Multicountry Surveillance Study, the Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program
AUTHORS Ondari D Mogeni, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza, Justin Im, Ursula Panzner, Trevor Toy, Gi Deok Pak, Andrea Haselbeck, Enusa Ramani, Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt, Jan Jacobs, Octavie Lunguya Metila, Oluwafemi J ...
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