Burden of typhoid fever in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic, literature-based update with risk-factor adjustment
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...
Main Authors: | Dr. Vittal Mogasale, PhD, Brian Maskery, PhD, R Leon Ochiai, DPhil, Jung Seok Lee, MS, Vijayalaxmi V Mogasale, MD, Enusa Ramani, MSc, Young Eun Kim, MS, Jin Kyung Park, PhD, Thomas F Wierzba, PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-10-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14703018 |
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