Multiple introductions of multidrug-resistant typhoid associated with acute infection and asymptomatic carriage, Kenya

Multiple introductions of multidrug-resistant typhoid associated with acute infection and asymptomatic carriage, Kenya

Background: Understanding the dynamics of infection and carriage of typhoid in endemic settings is critical to finding solutions to prevention and control. Methods: In a 3-year case-control study, we investigated typhoid among children aged <16 years (4670 febrile cases and 8549 age matched c...

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Main Authors: Samuel Kariuki, Zoe A Dyson, Cecilia Mbae, Ronald Ngetich, Susan M Kavai, Celestine Wairimu, Stephen Anyona, Naomi Gitau, Robert Sanaya Onsare, Beatrice Ongandi, Sebastian Duchene, Mohamed Ali, John David Clemens, Kathryn E Holt, Gordon Dougan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021
Subjects:
typhoid
children
carriage
multidrug-resistant
H58 lineages
Kenya
Medicine
R
Science
Q
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/87e1ad6489f44d1985757fb13d9b6c62
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