Spatial and temporal clustering of typhoid fever in an urban slum of Dhaka City: Implications for targeted typhoid vaccination.

• Main Authors: Faisal Ahmmed (Author), Farhana Khanam (Author), Md Taufiqul Islam (Author), Deok Ryun Kim (Author), Sophie Kang (Author), Md Golam Firoj (Author), Asma Binte Aziz (Author), Masuma Hoque (Author), Xinxue Liu (Author), Hyon Jin Jeon (Author), Suman Kanungo (Author), Fahima Chowdhury (Author), Ashraful Islam Khan (Author), Khalequ Zaman (Author), Florian Marks (Author), Jerome H Kim (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author), John D Clemens (Author), Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse (Author), Justin Im (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Salmonella Typhi) causes severe and occasionally life-threatening disease, transmitted through contaminated food and water. Humans are the only reservoir, inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure increases risk of typ...