In the early days of our current pandemic, there were many references to COVID-19 as the “great equalizer,” referring to the novelty of the virus and its high degree of ...
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Back to Basics: The Importance of terminology in Salmonella epidemiology
As researchers, doctors, policymakers, and advocates, we are all champions for the control and prevention of enteric fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease. To effectively communicate the nuances of public health interventions ...
Read moreBack to Basics: Getting it right with Salmonella nomenclature
As researchers, doctors, policymakers, and advocates, we are all champions for the control and prevention of enteric fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease. To effectively communicate the nuances of public health interventions from vaccine introduction ...
Read moreExperts gather to take action on typhoid and cholera
Today marks the first day of the 15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ahead of the conference, I sat with Dr. Firdausi ...
Read moreDrug-resistant typhoid: How it became a global health crisis
The past century has witnessed remarkable global health progress. We have identified treatments and cures for diseases, we have developed vaccines to prevent some of the deadliest diseases, and for ...
Read moreThe importance of knowing more: Why we need ongoing studies, research, and data about typhoid
Typhoid is an enteric fever that does not typically receive a lot of attention. Despite nearly 11 million cases and more than 116,000 deaths from typhoid in 2017, the burden ...
Read moreHow Pakistan’s new generation of disease hunters helped expose XDR typhoid
The outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Pakistan has now been going on for more than two years. As is the case in most low- and middle-income countries, Pakistan ...
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