Antimicrobial resistance rates and surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa: where are we now?

S Kariuki, K Kering, C Wairimu, R Onsare… - Infection and drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Although antimicrobials have traditionally been used to treat infections and
improve health outcomes, resistance to commonly used antimicrobials has posed a major …

Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of typhoid fever in Africa: A review

A Mahmoud, A Oluyemisi, O Uwishema… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Typhoid fever, a classical disease of enteric origin caused by Salmonella species of
bacteria, is among the most important diseases threatening public health in Africa. The …

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 …

High endemic levels of typhoid fever in rural areas of Ghana may stem from optimal voluntary vaccination behaviour

CB Acosta-Alonzo, IV Erovenko… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Typhoid fever has long established itself endemically in rural Ghana despite the availability
of cheap and effective vaccines. We used a game-theoretic model to investigate whether the …

Estimates of the cost to build a stand-alone environmental surveillance system for typhoid in low-and middle-income countries

B Hagedorn, NA Zhou… - PLoS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The typhoid conjugate vaccine is a safe and effective method for preventing Salmonella
enterica serovar Typhi (typhoid) and the WHO's guidance supports its use in locations with …

Diagnostic performance of Typhidot RDT in diagnosis of typhoid fever and antibiotic resistance characterisation in a cross-sectional study in Southern Ghana

EK Sam, J Alagbo, A Asamoah, F Ansah… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem contributing to
significant misapplication of antibiotics in Ghana. However, there is little data on the …

The severe typhoid fever in Africa program highlights the need for broad deployment of typhoid conjugate vaccines

ME Carey, AD Steele - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Typhoid Surveillance in Africa Program (TSAP) and the Severe Typhoid Fever
in Africa (SETA) program have refined our understanding of age and geographic distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Curtailing the spread of typhoid fever: An optimal control approach

AA Momoh, Y Afiniki, D Déthié, A Abubakar - Results in Control and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a deterministic compartmental model for the control of typhoid fever, which
takes into account a partially effective vaccine and drug resistance effect was proposed. We …

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 …

Evaluation of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Effectiveness in Ghana (TyVEGHA) using a cluster-randomized controlled Phase IV trial: trial design and population …

AH Haselbeck, BT Tadesse, J Park, MM Gibani… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Typhoid fever remains a significant health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, with incidence
rates of> 100 cases per 100,000 person-years of observation. Despite the prequalification of …