Shifting Enteric Fever Epidemiology in children in Nepal: Is the Burden of Paratyphi on the Rise?

Nepal has a high burden of enteric fevers. An observational study conducted in a tertiary-level hospital in Nepal over 11 years (2014–2024), reviewing hospital records of all blood culture-positive cases of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi in children, showed a gradual decline in blood culture-positi...

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Published in:	Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Main Authors:	Shrijana Shrestha, Sanjeev Man Bijukchhe, Saugat Bhandari, Meeru Gurung
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nepal Medical Association 2025-09-01
Subjects:	children enteric fever nepal paratyphoid typhoid conjugate vaccine
Online Access:	https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/9200