Typhoid - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年3月30日 · Overview. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. It is usually spread through contaminated food or water. Once Salmonella Typhi bacteria are ingested, they multiply and spread into the bloodstream. Urbanization and climate change have the potential to increase the global burden of typhoid.
Typhoid - World Health Organization (WHO)
2020年1月1日 · Typhoid fever is a life-threatening systemic infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (commonly known as Salmonella Typhi). Typhoid is usually spread through the ingestion of contaminated food or water. Typhoid occurs predominantly in association with poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water, in both urban and ...
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals - World Health …
2018年3月30日 · Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi, usually through ingestion of contaminated food or water. The acute illness is characterized by prolonged fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, and constipation or sometimes diarrhoea. Symptoms are often non-specific and clinically non-distinguishable from other febrile ...
Typhoid Fever - World Health Organization (WHO)
Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella Typhi, a highly virulent and invasive enteric bacterium. Only humans are affected, usually following ingestion of contaminated food or water. The symptoms of the disease include fever, headache, abdominal pain, and fatigue. Severe forms of typhoid fever may cause cerebral dysfunction, delirium and shock ...
Typhoid fever – Pakistan - World Health Organization (WHO)
2018年12月27日 · An increasing trend of typhoid fever cases caused by antimicrobial resistant (AMR) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (or S. Typhi) poses a notable public health concern. In May 2018, the case definitions for non-resistant, multi-drug resistant (MDR) and XDR typhoid fever were formally agreed by the Regional Disease Surveillance and ...
Typhoid fever – Uganda - World Health Organization (WHO)
2015年3月17日 · Typhoid fever is a bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi. It is transmitted through the ingestion of food or drink contaminated by the feces or urine of infected people. Symptoms usually develop 1–3 weeks after exposure, and may be mild or severe. They include high fever, malaise, headache, constipation or diarrhoea, rose-coloured ...
Call for public consultation: Target product profiles for Typhoid …
2024年10月23日 · Typhoid fever (TF) is a severe systemic illness associated with abdominal pain, fever and occasionally can be life-threatening. TF also referred to as, typhoid, is caused by the Gram-negative Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella Typhi; S. Typhi). Annually, 9 million typhoid cases and up to 110,000 deaths are reported worldwide, with children at the highest risk of coming down with ...
Fièvre typhoïde - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年3月30日 · La fièvre typhoïde est une infection potentiellement mortelle due à la bactérie Salmonella typhi. Elle se propage habituellement par l’intermédiaire de l’eau ou des aliments contaminés. Une fois la bactérie ingérée, elle se multiplie et passe dans la circulation sanguine. L’urbanisation et les changements climatiques risquent d ...
Paratyphoid fever
Age-specific incidence may vary by country, and children with paratyphoid are generally older than those with typhoid. Paratyphoid fever is estimated to be responsible for approximately one-fifth of all enteric fever cases, but its overall relative burden compared to typhoid fever is highly variable depending on the geographic context, and is ...
Typhoid: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Standards
2018年9月4日 · Enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi (S. Paratyphi). S. Paratyphi A and B (and, uncommonly, S. Paratyphi C) cause a disease that is clinically indistinguishable from typhoid fever, particularly in parts of Asia. Invasive non-typhoidal1 salmonellosis (iNTS) is an invasive infection ...