Retrospective Review of Blood Culture-Confirmed Cases of Enteric Fever in Navi Mumbai, India: 2014-2018
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 7:tpmd230102. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0102. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndia has one of the highest estimated burdens of enteric fever globally. Prior to the implementation of Typbar-TCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in a public sector pediatric immunization campaign in Navi Mumbai, India, we conducted a retrospective review of blood culture-confirmed cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers to estimate the local burden of disease. This review included all blood cultures processed at a central microbiology laboratory, serving multiple hospitals, in Navi Mumbai (January 2014-May 2018) that test...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - August 7, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Niniya Jayaprasad Priyanka Borhade Christopher LeBoa Kashmira Date Shrikrishna Joshi Rahul Shimpi Jason R Andrews Stephen P Luby Seth A Hoffman Source Type: research
Retrospective Review of Blood Culture-Confirmed Cases of Enteric Fever in Navi Mumbai, India: 2014-2018
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 7:tpmd230102. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0102. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndia has one of the highest estimated burdens of enteric fever globally. Prior to the implementation of Typbar-TCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in a public sector pediatric immunization campaign in Navi Mumbai, India, we conducted a retrospective review of blood culture-confirmed cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers to estimate the local burden of disease. This review included all blood cultures processed at a central microbiology laboratory, serving multiple hospitals, in Navi Mumbai (January 2014-May 2018) that test...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - August 7, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Niniya Jayaprasad Priyanka Borhade Christopher LeBoa Kashmira Date Shrikrishna Joshi Rahul Shimpi Jason R Andrews Stephen P Luby Seth A Hoffman Source Type: research
Retrospective Review of Blood Culture-Confirmed Cases of Enteric Fever in Navi Mumbai, India: 2014-2018
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 7:tpmd230102. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0102. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndia has one of the highest estimated burdens of enteric fever globally. Prior to the implementation of Typbar-TCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in a public sector pediatric immunization campaign in Navi Mumbai, India, we conducted a retrospective review of blood culture-confirmed cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers to estimate the local burden of disease. This review included all blood cultures processed at a central microbiology laboratory, serving multiple hospitals, in Navi Mumbai (January 2014-May 2018) that test...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - August 7, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Niniya Jayaprasad Priyanka Borhade Christopher LeBoa Kashmira Date Shrikrishna Joshi Rahul Shimpi Jason R Andrews Stephen P Luby Seth A Hoffman Source Type: research
Retrospective Review of Blood Culture-Confirmed Cases of Enteric Fever in Navi Mumbai, India: 2014-2018
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 7:tpmd230102. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0102. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndia has one of the highest estimated burdens of enteric fever globally. Prior to the implementation of Typbar-TCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in a public sector pediatric immunization campaign in Navi Mumbai, India, we conducted a retrospective review of blood culture-confirmed cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers to estimate the local burden of disease. This review included all blood cultures processed at a central microbiology laboratory, serving multiple hospitals, in Navi Mumbai (January 2014-May 2018) that test...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - August 7, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Niniya Jayaprasad Priyanka Borhade Christopher LeBoa Kashmira Date Shrikrishna Joshi Rahul Shimpi Jason R Andrews Stephen P Luby Seth A Hoffman Source Type: research
Coverage survey of typhoid conjugate vaccine among children aged 6 months to 15 years in an urban slum settlement of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan
by Rabab Batool, Sonia Qureshi, Zoya Haq, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai, Rehana A. Salam, Rafey Ali, Tahira Sadaf, Miqdad Ali, Farah Naz Qamar
ObjectiveTo estimate the coverage rate of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) among children aged 6 months to 15 years in Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan. MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted to estimate the vaccine coverage of Typbar TCV in Lyari Town Karachi utilizing the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended rapid vaccine coverage assessment technique (30 clusters × 7 households). Sampling was powered at town level and multistage cluster sampling was used. Four union councils...
Source: PLoS One - August 7, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Rabab Batool Source Type: research
An observer-blinded, cluster randomised trial of a typhoid conjugate vaccine in an urban South Indian cohort
Typhoid fever causes nearly 110,000 deaths among 9.24 million cases globally and disproportionately affects developing countries. As a control measure in such regions, typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) are rec... (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - August 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nikhil Sahai, Dilesh Kumar Arunachalam, Tim Morris, Andrew Copas, Prasanna Samuel, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Vinod Abraham, Joshua Anish Selwyn, Praveen Kumar, Winsley Rose, Veeraraghavan Balaji, Gagandeep Kang and Jacob John Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
Parental acceptance of typhoid conjugate vaccine for children aged 6 months to 15 years in an outbreak setting of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan
CONCLUSION: Parental awareness of the ongoing vaccination campaign, positive perception and attitudes towards vaccine were found to be significantly associated with TCV vaccination among children. Appropriately structured pre-vaccination awareness campaigns focused on childhood vaccination targeted towards parents are necessary to improve parental awareness, attitude and behavior towards vaccination.PMID:37463829 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.003 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - July 18, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rabab Batool Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai Sonia Qureshi Sajid Muhammad Ibtisam Qazi Tahira Sadaf Per Ashorn Farah Naz Qamar Source Type: research
Parental acceptance of typhoid conjugate vaccine for children aged 6 months to 15 years in an outbreak setting of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan
CONCLUSION: Parental awareness of the ongoing vaccination campaign, positive perception and attitudes towards vaccine were found to be significantly associated with TCV vaccination among children. Appropriately structured pre-vaccination awareness campaigns focused on childhood vaccination targeted towards parents are necessary to improve parental awareness, attitude and behavior towards vaccination.PMID:37463829 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.003 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - July 18, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rabab Batool Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai Sonia Qureshi Sajid Muhammad Ibtisam Qazi Tahira Sadaf Per Ashorn Farah Naz Qamar Source Type: research
Cefotaxime in Enteric Fever: Therapeutic Reappraisal
J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Jul;71(7):11-12. doi: 10.59556/japi.71.0292.ABSTRACTEnteric fever is one of the most common infectious diseases in the economically developing world and this bacterial infection is the common most cause of fever in travelers to these endemic areas. Even after the availability and deployment of preventive measures like vaccination against Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) and sanitation practices; effective treatment is paramount to reduce the associated morbidity and mortality. Cephalosporins are antimicrobials belonging to the β-lactam class with established efficacy, pharmacokinetic, and safety ...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - July 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ketan K Mehta Source Type: research
