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Putting Typhoid Vaccination on the Global Health Agenda (NEJM)

published 14-09-2007

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Enteric fever or typhoid cases have increased significantly at our hospital in the past 2 years, both in children and adults, with many cases of intestinal perforation and not a few deaths. This editorial discusses the reasons why typhoid has been relatively neglected in recent years, and why it may be time to begin immunization programs in some endemic areas.

Putting Typhoid Vaccination on the Global Health Agenda. NEJM 357(11):1069-1071, September 13, 2007.