Region: Asia
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 ...
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Typhoid superbug in Pakistan raises fears of global antibiotic failure
Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi carries an IncI1-ST31 plasmid encoding CTX-M-15
AUTHOR Djeghout B, Saha S, Sajib MSI, Tanmoy AM, Islam M, Kay GL, Langridge GC, Endtz HP, Wain J, Saha SK ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Ceftriaxone is the drug of choice for ...
Read moreBaseline Widal titre among healthy adult males from the greater Mymensingh division of Bangladesh
AUTHOR Khan A, Ashher F, Khanam F, Rahman M, Khan M, Paul SK, Hossain A ABSTRACT Widal agglutination test is arguably the most widely used laboratory investigation for diagnosis of ...
Read moreSpike 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 ...
Read morePakistan’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, ...
Read moreHyderabad 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
Read moreThe story of a superbug from genome to advocacy
Elizabeth Klemm, a Wellcome researcher, tells the story behind identifying an extensively resistant typhoid strain
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