Epidemiology and risk factors for typhoid fever in Central Division, Fiji, 2014–2017: A case-control study

Typhoid fever is endemic in Fiji, with high reported annual incidence. We sought to identify the sources and modes of transmission of typhoid fever in Fiji with the aim to inform disease control. We identified and surveyed patients with blood culture-confirmed typhoid fever from January 2014 through...

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Published in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0006571
Main Authors:	Prasad, Namrata, Jenkins, Aaron P., Naucukidi, Lanieta, Rosa, Varanisese, Sahu-Khan, Aalisha, Kama, Mike, Jenkins, Kylie M., Jenney, Adam W. J., Jack, Susan J., Saha, Debasish, Horwitz, Pierre, Jupiter, Stacy D., Strugnell, Richard A., Mulholland, E. Kim, Crump, John A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Blood culture Care and treatment Confidence intervals Contamination Control Disease control Disease transmission Drinking water Earth Sciences Epidemiology Ethnicity Fever Funding Gender Health sciences Laboratories Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Minority & ethnic groups Patients People and Places Population Public health Residential areas Risk analysis Risk factors Rural areas Salmonella Salmonella enterica Sanitation Sanitation facilities Studies Surface water Surveys Transmission Tropical diseases Typhoid Typhoid fever Water availability Water pollution Water shortages Water supply Waterborne diseases Fiji New Zealand Bangladesh Victoria Australia Australia Oceania
ISSN:	1935-2735, 1935-2727, 1935-2735
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