Protection conferred by typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever in urban Kolkata.

We evaluated the protection conferred by a first documented visit for clinical care of typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever prompting a visit. This study takes advantage of multi-year follow-up of a population with endemic typhoid participating in a cluster-randomized control trial of Vi ca...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Justin Im, Md Taufiqul Islam, Deok Ryun Kim, Faisal Ahmmed, Yun Chon, K Zaman, Ashraful Islam Khan, Mohammad Ali, Dipika Sur, Suman Kanungo, Shanta Dutta, Sujit K Bhattacharya, Gordon Dougan, Kathryn E Holt, Florian Marks, Jerome H Kim, Firdausi Qadri, John D Clemens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008530