Burden of typhoid fever in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic, literature-based update with risk-factor adjustment

• Main Authors: Dr. Vittal Mogasale, PhD (Author), Brian Maskery, PhD (Author), R Leon Ochiai, DPhil (Author), Jung Seok Lee, MS (Author), Vijayalaxmi V Mogasale, MD (Author), Enusa Ramani, MSc (Author), Young Eun Kim, MS (Author), Jin Kyung Park, PhD (Author), Thomas F Wierzba, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: No access to safe water is an important risk factor for typhoid fever, yet risk-level heterogeneity is unaccounted for in previous global burden estimates. Since WHO has recommended risk-based use of typhoid polysaccharide vaccine, we revisited the burden of typhoid fever in low-income a...