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The Control of Typhoid Fever in Vietnam.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Sept 2018
Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Duy Pham Thanh, Lan Nguyen Phu Huong, Chau Nguyen Van Vinh, Baker Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), is a diminishing public health problem in Vietnam, and this process may represent a prototype for typhoid elimination in Asia. Here, we review typhoid epidemiology in Vietnam over 20 years and assess the potential drivers associated with typhoid reduction. In the 1990s, multidrug resistant S. Typhi were highly prevalent in a sentinel hospital...
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