The impact of migration and antimicrobial resistance on the transmission dynamics of typhoid fever in Kathmandu, Nepal: A mathematical modelling study.

• Main Authors: Neil J Saad (Author), Cayley C Bowles (Author), Bryan T Grenfell (Author), Buddha Basnyat (Author), Amit Arjyal (Author), Sabina Dongol (Author), Abhilasha Karkey (Author), Stephen Baker (Author), Virginia E Pitzer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:A substantial proportion of the global burden of typhoid fever occurs in South Asia. Kathmandu, Nepal experienced a substantial increase in the number of typhoid fever cases (caused by Salmonella Typhi) between 2000 and 2003, which subsequently declined but to a higher endemic level than...