The burden of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective

CL Kim, LM Cruz Espinoza, KS Vannice… - Research and reports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
While typhoid fever has largely been eliminated in high-income regions which have
developed modern water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, it remains a significant public …

Enteric fever diagnosis: current challenges and future directions

DP Neupane, HP Dulal, J Song - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enteric fever is a life-threatening systemic febrile disease caused by Salmonella enterica
serovars Typhi and Paratyphi (S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi). Unfortunately, the burden of the …

Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study

K Aiemjoy, JC Seidman, S Saha, SJ Munira… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The incidence of enteric fever, an invasive bacterial infection caused by
typhoidal Salmonellae (Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi), is largely …

Environmental surveillance for Salmonella Typhi as a tool to estimate the incidence of typhoid fever in low-income populations

CB Uzzell, CM Troman, J Rigby, VR Mohan, J John… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Background The World Health Organisation recommends prioritised use of recently
prequalified typhoid conjugate vaccines in countries with the highest incidence of typhoid …

Clinical characteristics of enteric fever and performance of TUBEX TF IgM test in Indonesian hospitals

S Nurmawati, A Alam, H Djauhari… - PLoS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Accurate diagnosis of enteric fever is challenging, particularly in low-and
middle-income countries, due to the overlap of clinical and laboratory features with other …

Comparative analysis of commercially available typhoid point-of-care tests: results of a prospective and hybrid retrospective multicenter diagnostic accuracy study in …

J Sapkota, R Hasan, R Onsare, S Arafah… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blood and bone marrow cultures are considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of
typhoid, but these methods require infrastructure and skilled staff that are not always …

Seroepidemiology for enteric fever: emerging approaches and opportunities

K Aiemjoy, JC Seidman, RC Charles… - Open forum infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Safe and effective typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) are available, but many countries lack
the high-resolution data needed to prioritize TCV introduction to the highest-risk …

Performance of immunodiagnostic tests for typhoid fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MA Najib, KMF Mustaffa, EBB Ong, K Selvam… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a life-threatening bacterial infection that remains a
global health concern. The infection is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality …

Typhoid conjugate vaccines and enteric fever control: where to next?

AD Steele, ME Carey, S Kumar… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
After the unprecedented success and acceleration of the global agenda towards typhoid
fever control with a strong World Health Organization recommendation and the approval of …

Isolation and characterization of DNA aptamers against the HlyE antigen of Salmonella Typhi

M Ahmad Najib, A Winter, KMF Mustaffa, EBB Ong… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Aptamers have emerged as prominent ligands in clinical diagnostics because they provide
various advantages over antibodies, such as quicker generation time, reduced …