Typhoid fever

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• Alternative Title:
  Lancet
• Personal Author:
  Wain, John ; Hendriksen, Rene S ; Mikoleit, Matthew L ; Keddy, Karen H ; Ochiai, R Leon
• Description:
  Control of typhoid fever relies on clinical information, diagnosis, and an understanding for the epidemiology of the disease. Despite the breadth of work done so far, much is not known about the biology of this human-adapted bacterial pathogen and the complexity of the disease in endemic areas, especially those in Africa. The main barriers to control are vaccines that are not immunogenic in very young children and the development of multidrug resistance, which threatens efficacy of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Clinicians, microbiologists, and epidemiologists worldwide need to be familiar with shifting trends in enteric fever. This knowledge is crucial, both to control the disease and to manage cases. Additionally, salmonella serovars that cause human infection can change over time and location. In areas of Asia, multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S Typhi) has been the main cause of enteric fever, but now S Typhi is being displaced by infections with drug-resistant S enterica serovar Paratyphi A. New conjugate vaccines are imminent and new treatments have been promised, but the engagement of local medical and public health institutions in endemic areas is needed to allow surveillance and to implement control measures.
• Subjects:
  Africa Anti-Bacterial Agents Asia Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Multiple Humans Paratyphoid Fever Salmonella Enterica Salmonella Paratyphi A Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines Typhoid Fever

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• Source:
  Lancet. 385(9973):1136-1145
• Pubmed ID:
  25458731
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11567078
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; G0600805/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/
• Volume:
  385
• Issue:
  9973
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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