A study of typhoid fever in five asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls

• Main Authors: R Leon Ochiai (Author), Camilo J Acosta (Author), M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday (Author), Dong Baiqing (Author), Sujit K Bhattacharya (Author), Magdarina D Agtini (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta (Author), Do Gia Canh (Author), Mohammad Ali (Author), Seonghye Shin (Author), John Wain (Author), Anne-Laure Page (Author), M John Albert (Author), Jeremy Farrar (Author), Remon Abu-Elyazeed (Author), Tikki Pang (Author), Claudia M Galindo (Author), Lorenz von Seidlein (Author), John D Clemens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To inform policy-makers about introduction of preventive interventions against typhoid, including vaccination. METHODS: A population-based prospective surveillance design was used. Study sites where typhoid was considered a problem by local authorities were established in China, India, In...