Current trends in the epidemiology and management of enteric fever in Africa: A literature review

Current trends in the epidemiology and management of enteric fever in Africa: A literature review

Enteric fever remains a tropical disease of public health significance in Africa, due to its high endemicity and transmission rates, more in sub-Saharan Africa with 7.2 million cases of typhoid fever annually and incidence rate of 762 per 100 000 person-years when compared with Northern Africa with...

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Main Authors: Oluwaseyitan A Adesegun, Oluwafunmilola O Adeyemi, Osaze Ehioghae, David F Rabor, Tolulope O Binuyo, Bisola A Alafin, Onyedikachi B Nnagha, Akolade O Idowu, Ayokunle Osonuga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Subjects:
enteric fever
typhoid fever
epidemiology
africa
public health
Online Access:http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2020;volume=13;issue=5;spage=204;epage=213;aulast=Adesegun

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