Integration of enteric fever surveillance into the WHO-coordinated Invasive Bacterial-Vaccine Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) platform: A low cost approach to track an increasingly important disease.

• Main Authors: Senjuti Saha (Author), Maksuda Islam (Author), Mohammad J Uddin (Author), Shampa Saha (Author), Rajib C Das (Author), Abdullah H Baqui (Author), Mathuram Santosham (Author), Robert E Black (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author), Samir K Saha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lack of surveillance systems and accurate data impede evidence-based decisions on treatment and prevention of enteric fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi. The WHO coordinates a global Invasive Bacterial-Vaccine Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) surveillance network but does not monitor enteric f...