Burden of enteric fever at three urban sites in Africa and Asia: a multicentre population-based study
Meiring JE, Shakya M, Khanam F, Voysey M, Phillips MT, Tonks S, Thindwa D, Darton TC, Dongol S, Karkey A, Zaman K, Baker S, Dolecek C, Dunstan SJ, Dougan G, Holt KE, Heyderman RS, Qadri F, Pitzer VE, Basnyat, Gordon MA, Clemens J, Pollard AJ, Group S. Burden of enteric fever at three urban sites in Africa and Asia: a multicentre population-based study. The Lancet Global Health 2021, 9: e1688-e1696. PMID: 34798028, PMCID: PMC8609278, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00370-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulticentre population-based studyOverall crude incidencePopulation-based studyEnteric feverS typhiCrude incidenceSalmonella enterica serotype TyphiS typhi isolatesHistory of feverSalmonella enterica serotype ParatyphiSerious public health concernDifferent transmission settingsEnterica serotype TyphiParatyphi A infectionBlood culture collectionS Typhi infectionHealth care facilitiesParatyphi A isolatesPublic health concernParatyphi infectionsS paratyphiSeroconversion ratesA infectionFebrile illnessFebrile patientsA Bayesian approach for estimating typhoid fever incidence from large‐scale facility‐based passive surveillance data
Phillips MT, Meiring JE, Voysey M, Warren JL, Baker S, Basnyat, Clemens JD, Dolecek C, Dunstan SJ, Dougan G, Gordon MA, Thindwa D, Heyderman RS, Holt KE, Qadri F, Pollard AJ, Pitzer VE, Group T. A Bayesian approach for estimating typhoid fever incidence from large‐scale facility‐based passive surveillance data. Statistics In Medicine 2021, 40: 5853-5870. PMID: 34428309, PMCID: PMC9291985, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9159.Peer-Reviewed Original Research