Domestic River Water Use and Risk of Typhoid Fever: Results From a Case-control Study in Blantyre, Malawi | Zendy

Jillian Gauld | Zendy; Franziska Olgemoeller | Zendy; Rose Nkhata | Zendy; Chao Li | Zendy; Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo | Zendy; Tracy Morse | Zendy; Melita A. Gordon | Zendy; Jonathan M. Read | Zendy; Robert S. Heyderman | Zendy; Neil Kennedy | Zendy; Peter J. Diggle | Zendy; Nicholas Feasey | Zendy

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Domestic River Water Use and Risk of Typhoid Fever: Results From a Case-control Study in Blantyre, Malawi

Author(s) -

Jillian Gauld,

Franziska Olgemoeller,

Rose Nkhata,

Chao Li,

Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo,

Tracy Morse,

Melita A. Gordon,

Jonathan M. Read,

Robert S. Heyderman,

Neil Kennedy,

Peter J. Diggle,

Nicholas Feasey

Publication year - 2019

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/ciz405

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , odds ratio , medicine , salmonella typhi , environmental health , confidence interval , risk factor , logistic regression , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , virology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , sociology , electrical engineering , gene , engineering

Typhoid fever remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income settings. In the last 10 years, several reports have described the reemergence of typhoid fever in southern and eastern Africa, associated with multidrug-resistant H58 Salmonella Typhi. Here, we identify risk factors for pediatric typhoid fever in a large epidemic in Blantyre, Malawi.

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