ALLMedicine™ Typhoid Fever Center

Nov 30th, 2021 - Despite the availability of several commercial rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) developed to detect typhoid fever, the cost-effectiveness in resource-limited settings is unclear. This review aimed to explore the literature on typhoid economic evaluat...

Nov 13th, 2021 - Enteric fever (EF) is a major public health problem and a witness of the global health disparities. It is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella ser. Typhi) and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A, B, C (Salmonella ser. Paraty...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Since ancient times the medicinal plants have been under use as food and potential therapeutic agent for the management of overall health and the use of all plant parts including fruits, seeds, is well reported in the literature. One such plant is...

Oct 28th, 2021 - Although recent advances have been made in antiviral therapy for AIDS, there is no cure for HIV-1 infection or AIDS, and drug therapy is too expensive for most affected populations. The development of safe, effective vaccines to prevent HIV-1 infe...

Oct 23rd, 2021 - Typhoid fever is a major public health problem in low-resource settings. Vaccination can help curb the disease and might reduce transmission. We have previously reported an interim analysis of the efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Nep...

Oct 28th, 2021 - Although recent advances have been made in antiviral therapy for AIDS, there is no cure for HIV-1 infection or AIDS, and drug therapy is too expensive for most affected populations. The development of safe, effective vaccines to prevent HIV-1 infe...

Oct 4th, 2021 - A new generation of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) have been shown to be safe and provide long-lasting immunity in children. In India, Typbar TCV Vi-TT (Vi capsular polysaccharide conjugated with tetanus toxoid protein) is manufactured by Bhara...

Jun 16th, 2021 - Complicated XDR Enteric fever is a very serious systemic disease, caused by an extremely resistant mutant strain of Salmonella Typhi ( the H58 S. Typhi superbug,) that as the name suggests is resistant to not only the first but also the second tie...

Apr 30th, 2021 - Enteric fever is a life-threatening illness caused by several types of a bacterium known as Salmonella, including Salmonella Paratyphi A. In the United States about 400 cases occur each year, and 75% of these are acquired while traveling internati...

Apr 14th, 2021 - This is an open-label, non-randomized study. The purpose of this study is to better understand how vaccines against typhoid fever and cholera affect the normal immune system and bacteria in the intestine. Patients having standard-of-care endoscopi...

Sep 16th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A single dose of the Vi-TCV typhoid fever vaccine was more than 80% effective in a test of 28,130 Malawian children aged nine months to 12 years, according to new research. There were 46.9 confirmed cases of typhoid per...

Mar 4th, 2021 - A 36-year-old African man who immigrated to the United States 10 years ago presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of fever, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, and occasional nausea and vomiting for the past 5 days. He reports no chron...

Feb 17th, 2021 - A new drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Typhi has infected at least 71 people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new strain, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Typhi, caused a large outbreak in P...

Typhoid fever is a systemic illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (Typhi). Most people in the United States diagnosed with typhoid fever acquired it during international travel, but some acquired it in the United State...

Dec 26th, 2019 - My favorite scientific papers are the ones that challenge the prevailing wisdom, or dogma. As I did in 2018, I've compiled a list of 15 such articles from 2019, in no particular order. New neurons proliferate in the hippocampus as we age, even int...