Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries

To measure the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in Bilbeis District, Egypt, we conducted a household survey to determine patterns of health seeking among persons with fever. Then we established surveillance for 4 months among a representative sample of health providers who saw...

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Autores principales: Crump, John A., Youssef, Fouad G., Luby, Stephen P., Wasfy, Momtaz O., Rangel, Josefa M., Taalat, Maha, Oun, Said A., Mahoney, Frank J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0905.020428
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author Crump, John A.
Youssef, Fouad G.
Luby, Stephen P.
Wasfy, Momtaz O.
Rangel, Josefa M.
Taalat, Maha
Oun, Said A.
Mahoney, Frank J.
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Youssef, Fouad G.
Luby, Stephen P.
Wasfy, Momtaz O.
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description To measure the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in Bilbeis District, Egypt, we conducted a household survey to determine patterns of health seeking among persons with fever. Then we established surveillance for 4 months among a representative sample of health providers who saw febrile patients. Health providers collected epidemiologic information and blood (for culture and serologic testing) from eligible patients. After adjusting for the provider sampling scheme, test sensitivity, and seasonality, we estimated that the incidence of typhoid fever was 13/100,000 persons per year and the incidence of brucellosis was 18/100,000 persons per year in the district. This surveillance tool could have wide applications for surveillance for febrile illness in developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-29727552010-11-12 Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries Crump, John A. Youssef, Fouad G. Luby, Stephen P. Wasfy, Momtaz O. Rangel, Josefa M. Taalat, Maha Oun, Said A. Mahoney, Frank J. Emerg Infect Dis Research To measure the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in Bilbeis District, Egypt, we conducted a household survey to determine patterns of health seeking among persons with fever. Then we established surveillance for 4 months among a representative sample of health providers who saw febrile patients. Health providers collected epidemiologic information and blood (for culture and serologic testing) from eligible patients. After adjusting for the provider sampling scheme, test sensitivity, and seasonality, we estimated that the incidence of typhoid fever was 13/100,000 persons per year and the incidence of brucellosis was 18/100,000 persons per year in the district. This surveillance tool could have wide applications for surveillance for febrile illness in developing countries. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2972755/ /pubmed/12737736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0905.020428 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Youssef, Fouad G.
Luby, Stephen P.
Wasfy, Momtaz O.
Rangel, Josefa M.
Taalat, Maha
Oun, Said A.
Mahoney, Frank J.
Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries
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title_full Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries
title_short Estimating the Incidence of Typhoid Fever and Other Febrile Illnesses in Developing Countries
title_sort estimating the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in developing countries
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0905.020428
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