5 children (aged 4-12) who traveled to or from Pakistan during late 2017 through mid-2018 have been diagnosed in the US with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid infectious The outbreak in ...
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There are NO Typhoid and Cholera outbreaks in Zambia, Ministry of Health says
Zambia’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary says there are no reported typhoid outbreaks in Lusaka District or any other part of Zambia, contrary to media reports He also says that ...
Read morePakistan drug resistant typhoid outbreak tops 5,000: WHO
Typhoid outbreak in Pakistan has grown to over 5,2000 XDR cases in Sindh province 70% of cases in Karachi, with remaining 30% around the district in Hyderabad XDR strain of Typhi ...
Read moreFiji takes measures to battle Typhoid outbreak
Fijian authorities have recorded a total of 59 cases in two provinces: In the Naitasiri: 34 confirmed and 14 suspected cases In Namosi: 6 confirmed and 5 suspected cases The ...
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 moreStudy reports a decline in typhoid cases in India
In a recent review study, researchers from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, TN Medical College & B Y L Nair (BYLN) ...
Read moreTyphoid Fever Cases Increasing Among U.S. Kids, but Risk Still Low
Typhoid fever remains rare in the United States, but cases are increasing. Gaps in vaccinations and emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains reinforce the need for careful attention to the disease, ...
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