High burden of typhoid disease in sub-Saharan Africa calls for urgent roll-out of typhoid conjugate vaccines

Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Apr;12(4):e537-e538. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00079-2.

Authors

Samuel Kariuki¹, Robert S Onsare²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi 00200, Kenya; Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address: skariuki@kemri.go.ke.
² Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.

PMID: 38485416
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00079-2

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MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Humans
Typhoid Fever* / epidemiology
Typhoid Fever* / prevention & control
Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines*
Vaccines, Conjugate

Substances

Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
Vaccines, Conjugate