Salmonella Typhi Shedding and Household Transmission by Children With Blood Culture-Confirmed Typhoid Fever in Vellore, South India.

Manikandan SrinivasanKulandaipalayam Natarajan SindhuSidhartha GiriNirmal KumarVenkata Raghava MohanNicholas C GrasslyGagandeep Kang

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)

One in 5 children with typhoid fever shed S Typhi, with shedding persisting even after antibiotics. One in 5 households had at least 1 contact of the child shedding S Typhi, highlighting potential concurrent typhoid infections in households in settings with poor water and sanitation.

Keyphrases

young adults
escherichia coli
mental health
drinking water
radiation therapy
risk assessment
rectal cancer