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Outbreak of Typhoid Fever in Children of Urban Vellore: A Report from the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in India Cohort.
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2022 Jul 13; Vol. 107 (1), pp. 82-85. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 13 (Print Publication: 2022). - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We report an outbreak of typhoid fever between April and June 2019 in the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in India cohort, a pediatric cohort from four contiguous semi-urban settlements of Vellore in South India. This cohort of children 6 months to 15 years of age was under surveillance from October 2017 to December 2019. A clustering of typhoid cases in the cohort was noted with reference to time, place, and person. The overall typhoid attack rate in the cohort was 0.9%, with the highest attack rate of 1.7% being documented in one of the four areas. The rate of hospitalization and complications in children who were typhoid positive during the outbreak was 28% and 2%, respectively. Given the background of suboptimal water, sanitation, and hygiene, and the risk of typhoid fever outbreaks in these settings, it is imperative that a typhoid vaccine be considered for introduction as a pragmatic preventive approach.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35895361
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0593