AUTHORS Naseem Salahuddin, Muhammad Khalid, Naila Baig-Ansari, and Sundus Iftikhar ABSTRACT Purpose To estimate the burden of infectious diseases and the seasonality of mosquito-borne diseases seen at The Indus Hospital, ...
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Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Infections Among Travelers to or from Pakistan – United States, 2016-2018
AUTHORS Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Felicita Medalla, Michael Hughes, Grace D. Appiah, Rachael D. Aubert, Hayat Caidi, Kristina M. Angelo, Allison T. Walker, Noël Hatley, Sofia Masani, June Nash, John Belko, Edward ...
Read moreTyphoid fever – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
From 1 November 2016 through 9 December 2018, 5,274 cases of XDR typhoid out of 8,188 typhoid fever cases were reported by the Provincial Disease Surveillance and Response Unit in ...
Read more21st-century typhoid fever—progression of knowledge but regression of control?
AUTHOR Karen H Keddy ABSTRACT In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Farah Naz Qamar and colleagues detail the epidemiological investigation into an outbreak of typhoid fever in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The outbreak ...
Read moreExtensively Drug-Resistant Typhoid — Are Conjugate Vaccines Arriving Just in Time?
AUTHOR Jason R. Andrews, M.D., Farah N. Qamar, F.C.P.S., Richelle C. Charles, M.D., and Edward T. Ryan, M.D. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: In Hyderabad, Pakistan, an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella ...
Read moreThe 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
Read moreSeven years of suffering: Syria facts and figures
35% of all Syrians have no access to safe drinking water, putting them at risk of waterborne diseases like diarrheal diseases and typhoid fever
Read moreA new primary health-care system in the Syrian opposition territories: Good effort but far from being perfect
AUTHOR Alsaied T, Mawas A, Al Sayah F, Kental A, Saqqur M ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: The primary health-care system in Syria has suffered a great deal of damage over the past ...
Read moreAs sewage seeps into al-Bab water supply, typhoid outbreak affects dozens
A Syrian city still reeling from recent conflict between the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic State is now facing a public health crisis Dozens of residents are contracting typhoid ...
Read morePossible infection of a thousand soldiers in Turkey
One soldier died and 1046 were hospitalized with Salmonella infection from army barracks in Turkey All barracks were found to use a common supplier of turkey meat
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