Inoculation with Typhoid Vaccine as a Preventive of Typhoid Fever

A conjugate vaccine against typhoid fever.

90 www.thelancet.com/infection Vol 14 February 2014 Zulfi qar Bhutta and colleages’ study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases marks an important milestone for the use of typhoid conjugate vaccines. Present Vi polysaccharide vaccines (Vi-PS) are not widely used because they cannot be given to children younger than 2 years and are thus excluded from the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI); fur...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers

Typhoid Fever

Between one and five percent of travelers from industrialized countries to the developing world seek medical attention during or immediately after their travel.1 International travelers who present to the emergency department (ED) with fever pose a unique challenge to the emergency physician (EP). In addition to the usual causes of fever, the EP must consider less common diseases in the differe...

Typhoid Fever

Introduction Typhoid or enteric fever is an ancient disease, which has afflicted mankind since human populations grew large enough to contaminate their water and food supplies. It is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (previously known as salmonella typhi), a pathogen specific only to humans, as well as by certain non-typhoid salmonella (NTS), particularly Paratyphoid strains A, B, C. ...

Typhoid Fever

Numerous studies from various parts of India on the various aspects of typhoid fever have been published during the last 20 years. In going through the published Indian literature, one finds that not many cases have been reported before 1920. In the past, owing to lack of laboratory facilities in India, the diagnosis of enteric fever was mainly based on clinical evidence, but the only positive ...