Open AccessFactors associated with typhoid relapse in the era of multiple drug resistant strains
Author(s) -
Kaashif A. Ahmad,
Liaqat Hayat Khan,
Bakht Roshan,
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1192
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , salmonella typhi , pediatrics , drug resistance , presentation (obstetrics) , immunology , surgery , virology , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
Typhoid has an estimated global burden of greater than 27 million cases per annum with a clinical relapse rate of 5% to 20%. Despite the large relapse burden, the factors associated with relapse are largely unknown.
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