The burden of typhoid fever in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-regression approach.

BACKGROUND:Upcoming vaccination efforts against typhoid fever require an assessment of the baseline burden of disease in countries at risk. There are no typhoid incidence data from most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), so model-based estimates offer insights for decision-makers in the absen...

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Main Authors: Marina Antillón, Joshua L Warren, Forrest W Crawford, Daniel M Weinberger, Esra Kürüm, Gi Deok Pak, Florian Marks, Virginia E Pitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5344533?pdf=render