Incidence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers Among Adolescents and Adults in Yangon, Myanmar | Zendy

Win Thandar Oo | Zendy; Tin Ohn Myat | Zendy; Wah Win Htike | Zendy; James E. Ussher | Zendy; David R. Murdoch | Zendy; Kay Thi Lwin | Zendy; Min Zaw Oo | Zendy; Michael J. Maze | Zendy; Hla Hla Win | Zendy; John A. Crump | Zendy

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Incidence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers Among Adolescents and Adults in Yangon, Myanmar

Author(s) -

Win Thandar Oo,

Tin Ohn Myat,

Wah Win Htike,

James E. Ussher,

David R. Murdoch,

Kay Thi Lwin,

Min Zaw Oo,

Michael J. Maze,

Hla Hla Win,

John A. Crump

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy1109

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , paratyphoid fever , incidence (geometry) , salmonella typhi , population , environmental health , pediatrics , virology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , escherichia coli , optics , gene

Accurate estimates of typhoid disease burden are needed to guide policy decisions, including on vaccine use. Data on the incidence of enteric fever in Myanmar are scarce. We estimated typhoid and paratyphoid fever incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar, by combining sentinel hospital surveillance with a healthcare utilization survey.

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