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A measles outbreak has killed 12 children in one of Pakistan's lawless tribal districts and is spreading as fighting, power cuts and curfews cause a vaccine shortage, doctors said Monday.
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Plague in Kazakhstan
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Typhoid cases soar in Zimbabwe
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Study: High population density is greatest risk factor for water-linked diseases
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Zimbabwe rations water to poor after typhoid spell
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Zimbabwe doctors report 800 typhoid cases
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Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe
At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
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Anaphylactic shock after vaccination 'extremely rare'
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Immunological defense mechanism leaves malaria patients vulnerable to salmonella infections
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Using satellite data to decode disease origins
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Google Earth typhoid maps reveal secrets of disease outbreaks
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New salmonella-based 'clean vaccines' aid the fight against infectious disease
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Intestinal cell defense mechanism against bacteria
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Clinical trial recommends new antibiotic for treating typhoid in low income countries
A large clinical trial comparing treatments for typhoid has recommended the use of gatifloxacin, a new generation and affordable antibiotic. The results of the trial in Kathmandu, Nepal, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the ...
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Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi. The bacteria then perforate through the intestinal wall and are phagocytosed by macrophages The organism is a Gram-negative short bacillus that is motile due to its peritrichous flagella. The bacterium grows best at 37°C / 98.6°F – human body temperature.
This fever received various names, such as gastric fever, abdominal typhus, infantile remittant fever, slow fever, nervous fever, pythogenic fever, etc. The name of "typhoid" comes from the neuropsychiatric symptoms common to typhoid and typhus (from Greek τῦϕος, "stupor").
The impact of this disease fell sharply with the application of modern sanitation techniques.
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