Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh

Brooks, W.Abdullah.; Hossain, A.; Goswami, D.; Nahar, K.; Alam, K.; Ahmed, N.; Naheed, A.; Nair, G.Balarish.; Luby, S.; Breiman, R.F.

Emerging Infectious Diseases 11(2): 326-329

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 1080-6040
PMID: 15752457
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040422
Document Number: 240511
We confirmed a bacteremic typhoid fever incidence of 3.9 episodes/1,000 person-years during fever surveillance in a Dhaka urban slum. The relative risk for preschool children compared with older persons was 8.9. Our regression model showed that these children were clinically ill, which suggests a role for preschool immunization.

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