Associations of water, sanitation, and hygiene with typhoid fever in case–control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Kim, GR Goucher, BT Tadesse, W Lee… - BMC infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) play a pivotal role in controlling typhoid
fever, as it is primarily transmitted through oral-fecal pathways. Given our constrained …

Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme) …

F Marks, J Im, SE Park, GD Pak, HJ Jeon… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Typhoid Fever remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
low-income settings. The Severe Typhoid in Africa programme was designed to address …

Typhoid control in an era of antimicrobial resistance: challenges and opportunities

S Vanderslott, S Kumar, Y Adu-Sarkodie… - Open Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Historically, typhoid control has been achieved with water and sanitation interventions.
Today, in an era of rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), two World Health Organization …

Assessment of water, hygiene, and sanitation practice and associated factors among Bihari refugee camp in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

MK Sifullah, MS Sohel, S Jamil, MM Hasan… - Health Science …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims The global significance of water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH) cannot be overstated, extending far beyond the confines of developing nations and …

Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa

JH Kim, J Choi, C Kim, GD Pak… - PLoS neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background With more than 1.2 million illnesses and 29,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in
2017, typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem. Effective control of the …

The severe typhoid in Africa program: incidences of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria

F Marks, J Im, SE Park, G Pak, H Jeon… - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: The Severe Typhoid in Africa program evaluated the burden of symptomatic
typhoid infections and characterized the clinical severity of this disease in six countries …

[HTML][HTML] Typhoid in less developed countries: a major public health concern

T Gashaw, A Jambo - Hygiene and Health in Developing Countries …, 2022 - intechopen.com
Typhoid fever remains a major public health concern in less developed countries. The
disease is transmitted through the consumption of food or water contaminated with feces …

Long-term protection conferred by typhoid conjugate vaccines: a step towards typhoid elimination?

BT Tadesse, RSB Cardona, F Marks - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
The global burden of typhoid fever remains substantial, with an estimated 9· 24 million cases
and 110 000 deaths in 2019, with the majority of these infections and deaths occuring in the …

Risk factors for typhoid fever: A desk review

P Boakye Okyere, S Twumasi-Ankrah, S Newton… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background and Aim: Typhoid fever, a significant global health problem, demonstrates a
multifaceted transmission pattern. Knowledge of these factors driving the transmission of the …

[HTML][HTML] Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine: A Boon for Endemic Regions

N Agarwal, N Gupta, HS Surendra, T Dutta, M Mahajan - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Typhoid fever has the highest disease burden in countries in low-and middle-income
countries, primarily located in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous typhoid vaccines such …