Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

Summary: Background: Available incidence data for invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. Standardised, multicountry data are required to better understand the nature and burden of disease in Africa. We aimed to measure the adjusted incidence estimates of typhoid fever and inv...

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Main Authors: Florian Marks, DrPhD, Vera von Kalckreuth, MD, Peter Aaby, DMSc, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, ProfPhD, Muna Ahmed El Tayeb, MD, Mohammad Ali, PhD, Abraham Aseffa, PhD, Stephen Baker, ProfPhD, Holly M Biggs, MD, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, PhD, Robert F Breiman, MD, James I Campbell, FIBMS, Leonard Cosmas, MPH, John A Crump, ProfMD, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, MD, Jessica Fung Deerin, MPH, Denise Myriam Dekker, PhD, Barry S Fields, PhD, Nagla Gasmelseed, ProfPhD, Julian T Hertz, MD, Nguyen Van Minh Hoang, MSc, Justin Im, MSc, Anna Jaeger, BA, Hyon Jin Jeon, BA, Leon Parfait Kabore, MSc, Karen H Keddy, MMed, Frank Konings, PhD, Ralf Krumkamp, DrPH, Benedikt Ley, PhD, Sandra Valborg Løfberg, MD, Jürgen May, ProfMD, Christian G Meyer, MD, Eric D Mintz, MD, Joel M Montgomery, PhD, Aissatou Ahmet Niang, MSc, Chelsea Nichols, MPH, Beatrice Olack, MPHE, Gi Deok Pak, MSc, Ursula Panzner, MSc, Jin Kyung Park, PhD, Se Eun Park, MIS, Henintsoa Rabezanahary, MD, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy, MD, Tiana Mirana Raminosoa, PhD, Tsiriniaina Jean Luco Razafindrabe, PhD, Emmanuel Sampo, MSc, Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt, MD, Amy Gassama Sow, ProfPhD, Nimako Sarpong, MD, Hye Jin Seo, BA, Arvinda Sooka, MSc, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, PhD, Adama Tall, PhD, Mekonnen Teferi, MSc, Kamala Thriemer, PhD, Michelle R Warren, MSc, Biruk Yeshitela, MSc, John D Clemens, ProfMD, Thomas F Wierzba, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17300220