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Environmental surveillance as a tool for identifying high-risk settings for typhoid transmission

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Enteric fever remains a major cause of morbidity in developing countries with poor sanitation conditions that enable fecal contamination of water distribution systems. Historical evidence has shown that contamination of water systems used for household consumption or agriculture are key transmission routes for Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A. The World Health Organization now recommends that typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) be used in settings with high typhoid incidence; conseque...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/cid/ciaa513

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0000-0002-5967-251X
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ORCID:
0000-0001-9469-2148
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Clinical Infectious Diseases Journal website
Volume:
71
Issue:
S2
Pages:
S71-S78
Publication date:
2020-07-29
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EISSN:
1537-6591
ISSN:
1058-4838
Pmid:
32725227
Language:
English
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Review
Pubs id:
1125983
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pubs:1125983
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2021-08-06

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