10.22025/CAMSTAG2.55053
Pitzer, Virginia E
Meiring, James
Martineau, Frederick P
Watson, Conall H
Kang, Gagandeep
Basnyat, Buddha
Baker, Stephen
The Invisible Burden: Diagnosing and Combatting Typhoid Fever in Asia and Africa
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2019
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2019-12-04
2019-12-04
2019-10-15
2019-12-04
Article
1058-4838
https://dspace-staging.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/307785
1537-6591
10.1093/cid/ciz611
Funder: Western Pacific Region and Chadwick Trust
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.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
OPP1151153, OPP1116967
Wellcome Trust
102919/Z/13/Z
Medical Research Council
MR/J003999/1
World Health Organization
10.13039/100004423