Typhoid News
Much needed attention on dengue and typhoid as leptospirosis claims lives
- Leptospirosis alone has claimed about nine to 10 lives so far says Minister for Disaster Management, Inia Seruiratu
- He said we need to focus much needed attention on the threat of dengue fever and typhoid as well
Study reveals foodborne illness burden in Taiwan
- One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers
- Among just more than half of foodborne illnesses cases with identifiable causal microorganisms, non-typhoid Salmonella, norovirus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus were leading pathogens
Ministry Confirms Outbreak Of Typhoid, Leptospirosis, Dengue Fever Post Cyclone
- Outbreaks of typhoid, leptospirosis and dengue fever have been identified by the Health Ministry in areas affected by Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold over the past week
- The ministry deployed 24 medical personnel in the Eastern Division consisting of medical officers, nurses and dieticians for assessments
In the middle of covid-19 crisis typhoid resurfaces in Harare
- The country’s State of health has been hit another blow following the suspected recent resurfacing of typhoid in some parts of Harare
- In an interview with Chitungwiza town mayor Lovermore Maiko regarding the water shortages and sewer pipe bursts, the mayor said their main worry was that the dormitory town had no meaningful water sources of its own as they mostly relied on Harare for supplies
Coventry school closed after pupil typhoid diagnosis
- Whitmore Park Primary School was closed on Monday to complete a “deep clean” which began at the weekend. It is expected to reopen on Tuesday
- Head teacher Jacqueline McGibney said the school was working with Public Health England (PHE) “who have advised us that the risk to children is low”
- PHE said the child’s infection was travel-related and an associated pupil was being tested
Gweru DCP, council on typhoid high alert
- The Department of Civil Protection (DCP) in Gweru and the local authority have partnered to fight typhoid after the city last week recorded two suspected typhoid deaths in Mkoba suburb
- City council spokesperson Vimbai Chingwaramusee said after the meeting, the local authority’s rapid response team started rolling out awareness campaigns on high standards of hygiene and the need to consume safe water
Prison in PNG town hit by typhoid
- Warders and inmates at Daru prison diagnosed with typhoid and malaria are calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to move them out immediately
- Daru prison’s acting commander among eleven staff and prisoners being treated at the local hospital
Emergency drive finds new vaccine effective against typhoid: experts
- An emergency vaccination campaign in Sindh following the outbreak of typhoid in the province has found the typhoid conjugate vaccine to be effective in preventing new cases of the disease, said researchers at an event at the Aga Khan University (AKU)
- At the same time as the campaign, researchers set up a surveillance system in the same area over an 18-month period to screen a cohort of over 20,000 children, who received the vaccine, to detect cases of typhoid. They found that nine out of 10 children in the cohort, or 89 per cent, did not contract the disease
Empowered communities in Harare are fighting cholera and typhoid
- In Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, recurring outbreaks of cholera and typhoid fever are a pressing health concern
- Using innovative borehole technology and empowering communities to manage their own water points, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has developed a highly effective environmental health toolkit
- The true driving force of the toolkit, however, are the communities of Harare’s suburbs
Study finds key mechanism for how typhoid bacteria infects
- A new study has uncovered key details for how the Salmonella bacteria that causes typhoid fever identifies a host’s immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread
- The study identifies three subunits on a typhoid toxin protein, one of which is key for delivering the toxin into host cells
- The findings open the door to develop small molecules that block the high affinity trisaccharides and inhibit the toxin from binding to and entering the target cell
Haiti reports typhoid outbreak in North-East
- The Mayor of the commune of Mont-Organisé , in North-East department, said that Typhoid fever is raging because of the poor quality of the water consumed by the population
- Health care is limited there and when cases of illness exceed capacity, patients are transferred to other centers in Milot or in Cap-Haitien (North)
Biological E. unveils typhoid conjugate vaccine, commissions ₹300-cr plant near Hyderabad
- Biological E. Ltd on Monday commissioned its manufacturing plant at the Genome Valley Special Economic Zone near here and unveiled its new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)
- Recently, BE received authorisation from the health regulatory authorities to license and market a new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
- The vaccine was developed in partnership with the GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, based in Siena (Italy), which first developed the asset and transferred it to BE in 2013
Filipino 1st local typhoid case in Taiwan this year
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Friday (Feb. 14), announced the first locally-acquired case of typhoid this year, in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City
- None of the people who had been in close contact with him while he had the illness have shown signs of the disease thus far
- The CDC is continuing to investigate his diet history and people he had been in contact with to isolate the cause of the infection
Child diagnosed with rare Typhoid fever at Briarwood Elementary
- On Wednesday, February 5, Briarwood Elementary School was notified by the Barren River District Health Department of a confirmed case of typhoid fever in one of their students
- Principal Lori Morris advised parents to be watchful of the following symptoms in their children: 103-104 degrees Fahrenheit fever, weakness, stomach pain, headache, diarrhea or constipation, cough, or loss of appetite
Typhoid: 90pc of children in hotspots vaccinated
- At least 90 percent of children between five and 16 years were vaccinated during the 2019 typhoid campaign in Harare’s high risk areas, including 74 percent of those aged between six months and four years
- The campaign took place in Harare suburbs of Mufakose, Hopley, Budiriro, Dzivaresekwa, Glen View, Glen Norah, Mbare and Hatcliffe, targeting 325 000 children
- Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Portia Manangazira, said the mass vaccination followed evidence that typhoid was becoming endemic in recent years
Telangana traffic cops get typhoid shots
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HYDERABAD: A vaccination drive was conducted for over 500 traffic police personnel at CAR, Police Headquarters, Amberpet, on Sunday
- The purpose of the vaccination drive was to help traffic police, who are at risk and spend odd hours on the field to immunize them against typhoid infection
Alarm raised as typhoid germs become drug resistant
- The bacteria behind the typhoid fever is becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics due to unchecked use of such drugs
- Experts revealed the information in a three-day international conference titled “15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition,” which began on Tuesday at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka
- Dr Samir Saha, professor of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Child Health Research Foundation led the session and presented a paper titled “Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine – A tool to end the arms race against Typhoid Salmonella.”
How to Improve on a Good Year for Global Health
- The discovery of new viruses, vaccines, and treatments in 2019 was the result of investments in global surveillance, cross-sector partnerships, and scientific advances
- The Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium completed a large field study in Nepal which showed that the typhoid conjugate vaccine is safe, immunogenic, and effective, and could significantly reduce typhoid infection among high-risk groups
Three-day 15th ASCODD kicks off in city Tuesday
- International, regional and national public health experts will gather in Dhaka on January 28-30 to discuss challenges and solutions of typhoid fever, cholera, malnutrition and other enteric diseases in low and middle-income countries in an era of humanitarian crisis
- Diarrhoeal diseases are still the third leading cause of child mortality globally
- An estimated 11–20 million people suffer from typhoid fever. In South Asia, typhoid fever is the most common bloodstream infection
Do studies underestimate the prevalence of typhoid?
- Blood culture surveillance programs are critical for estimating the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, but cases can be missed when patients don’t seek medical care, or seek medical care and don’t have a blood culture test
- The Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC), a partnership between the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford, and PATH, an international nonprofit, aims to accelerate the introduction of new typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs)
