Bacteria causing typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The largest genome analysis of Salmonella ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Malaria and typhoid fever are major health problems in tropical regions, but accurate diagnosis is often hampered by overlapping or nonspecific symptoms and limited access to diagnostics. Now, NIBIB-funded scientists have ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Researchers from Yale University, University of Basel, University of Antwerp, CDDEP and other institutions recently published 'Estimating the effect of vaccination on antimicrobial resistant typhoid fever in 73 countries ...
Feb 4, 2022
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A typhoid vaccine shown in trials to be 79 percent effective, even after two years, is being recommended for use across South Asia, where the food and waterborne disease is widespread.
Nov 5, 2021
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The first wave of COVID-19 in 2020 in India saw a substantial increase in the sale of antibiotic formulations used in adults and adolescents, especially azithromycin, says a study.
Jul 20, 2021
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The Rev. Jose Luis Garayoa survived typhoid fever, malaria, a kidnapping and the Ebola crisis as a missionary in Sierra Leone, only to die of COVID-19 after tending to the people of his Texas church who were sick from the ...
Mar 2, 2021
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A new study conducted by IVI in collaboration with SK bioscience shows that single-dose and two-dose regimens of Vi-DT typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) are safe and immunogenic in children six to 23 months of age, a group ...
Sep 17, 2020
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The country's most notable healthy carrier of a deadly disease, Mary Mallon, is back—not in person, but as a hashtag: #TyphoidMary.
Apr 24, 2020
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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.
Feb 25, 2020
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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 ...
Jan 16, 2020
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