Protection conferred by typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever in urban Kolkata.

• Main Authors: Justin Im (Author), Md Taufiqul Islam (Author), Deok Ryun Kim (Author), Faisal Ahmmed (Author), Yun Chon (Author), K Zaman (Author), Ashraful Islam Khan (Author), Mohammad Ali (Author), Dipika Sur (Author), Suman Kanungo (Author), Shanta Dutta (Author), Sujit K Bhattacharya (Author), Gordon Dougan (Author), Kathryn E Holt (Author), Florian Marks (Author), Jerome H Kim (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author), John D Clemens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We evaluated the protection conferred by a first documented visit for clinical care of typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever prompting a visit. This study takes advantage of multi-year follow-up of a population with endemic typhoid participating in a cluster-randomized control trial of Vi ca...