Pitzer, V.E., Meiring, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-9183-5174, Martineau, F.P. et al. (4 more authors) (2019) The invisible burden: diagnosing and combatting typhoid fever in Asia and Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (Supplement_5). S395-S401. ISSN 1058-4838
Abstract
Measuring the burden of typhoid fever and developing effective strategies to reduce it require a surveillance infrastructure that is currently lacking in many endemic countries. Recent efforts and partnerships between local and international researchers have helped to provide new data on the incidence and control of typhoid in parts of Asia and Africa. Here, we highlight examples from India, Nepal, Vietnam, Fiji, Sierra Leone, and Malawi that summarize past and present experiences with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of typhoid fever in different locations with endemic disease. While there is no validated road map for the elimination of typhoid, the lessons learned in studying the epidemiology and control of typhoid in these settings can provide insights to guide future disease control efforts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | enteric fever; Salmonella Typhi; paratyphoid; surveillance; blood culture |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Infection and Immunity (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2022 14:34 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2022 14:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/cid/ciz611 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191157 |
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