Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in low-and middle-income countries: progress and challenges in eight South Asian and Southeast Asian countries

S Gandra, G Alvarez-Uria, P Turner… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global health threat and is predicted to cause
significant health and economic impacts, particularly in low-and middle-income countries …

State of the art of diagnosis of rickettsial diseases: the use of blood specimens for diagnosis of scrub typhus, spotted fever group rickettsiosis, and murine typhus

DH Paris, JS Dumler - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2016 - journals.lww.com
A laboratory diagnostic paradigm shift in rickettsial infections is evolving, with replacement of
indirect immunofluorescence assay by the more objective ELISA coupled with nucleic acid …

Efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine in Nepal: final results of a phase 3, randomised, controlled trial

M Shakya, M Voysey, K Theiss-Nyland… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Typhoid fever is a major public health problem in low-resource settings.
Vaccination can help curb the disease and might reduce transmission. We have previously …

Sewage as a possible transmission vehicle during a coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in a densely populated community: Guangzhou, China, April 2020

J Yuan, Z Chen, C Gong, H Liu, B Li, K Li… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Sewage transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has never been demonstrated. During a
COVID-19 outbreak in Guangzhou, China in April 2020, we investigated the mode of …

Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: a systematic review

K Wangdi, K Kasturiaratchi, SV Nery, CL Lau… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) is caused by a multitude of diverse
pathogens, with significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The objective of …

The evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi

A Karkey, GE Thwaites, S Baker - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typh... : Current Opinion in
Gastroenterology The evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi : Current …

An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission

M Dhimal, SP Dumre, GN Sharma, P Khanal… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Scrub typhus is a largely ignored tropical disease and a leading cause of
undifferentiated febrile illness in the areas of tsutsugamushi triangle caused by Orientia …

[HTML][HTML] Undifferentiated tropical febrile illness in Cordoba, Colombia: Not everything is dengue

S Mattar, V Tique, J Miranda, E Montes… - Journal of Infection and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In Colombia, undifferentiated tropical febrile illness (UTFI) are frequent and of considerable
concern. They also share many clinical features. Between 2012 and 2013 in an endemic …

Treatment response in enteric fever in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance: an individual patient data analysis of 2092 participants enrolled into 4 randomized …

CN Thompson, A Karkey, S Dongol… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, is the
leading cause of bacterial febrile disease in South Asia. Methods. Individual data from 2092 …

Challenges in the etiology and diagnosis of acute febrile illness in children in low-and middle-income countries

PY Iroh Tam, SK Obaro, G Storch - Journal of the Pediatric …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Acute febrile illness is a common cause of hospital admission, and its associated infectious
causes contribute to substantial morbidity and death among children worldwide, especially …