Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh

W. Abdullah Brooks; Anowar Hossain; Doli Goswami; Amina Tahia Sharmeen; Kamrun Nahar; Khorshed Alam; Noor Ahmed; Aliya Naheed; G. Balakrish Nair; Stephen Luby; Robert F. Breiman

doi:10.3201/eid1102.040422

Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh

W. Abdullah Brooks, Anowar Hossain, Doli Goswami, Amina Tahia Sharmeen, Kamrun Nahar, Khorshed Alam, Noor Ahmed, Aliya Naheed, G. Balakrish Nair, Stephen Luby, Robert F. Breiman

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	326-329
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1102.040422
State	Published - Feb 2005
Externally published	Yes

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