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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Typhoid fever in Fiji: a reversible plague?
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, Volume 19, No. 10, Year 2014
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The country of Fiji, with a population of approximately 870 000 people, faces a growing burden of several communicable diseases including the bacterial infection typhoid fever. Surveillance data suggest that typhoid has become increasingly common in rural areas of Fiji and is more frequent amongst young adults. Transmission of the organisms that cause typhoid is facilitated by faecal contamination of food or water and may be influenced by local behavioural practices in Fiji. The Fijian Ministry of Health, with support from Australian Aid, hosted a meeting in August 2012 to develop comprehensive control and prevention strategies for typhoid fever in Fiji. International and local specialists were invited to share relevant data and discuss typhoid control options. The resultant recommendations focused on generating a clearer sense of the epidemiology of typhoid in Fiji and exploring the contribution of potential transmission pathways. Additionally, the panel suggested steps such as ensuring that recommended ciprofloxacin doses are appropriate to reduce the potential for relapse and reinfection in clinical cases, encouraging proper hand hygiene of food and drink handlers, working with water and sanitation agencies to review current sanitation practices and considering a vaccination policy targeting epidemiologically relevant populations. © 2014 The Authors. Tropical Medicine & International Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Thompson, Corinne N.
United Kingdom, London
Wellcome Trust
Kama, Mike
Unknown Affiliation
Clemens, John David
Unknown Affiliation
Crump, John A.
Unknown Affiliation
Dougan, Gordon J.
Unknown Affiliation
Edmunds, William John
Unknown Affiliation
Fox, Kimberley K.
Unknown Affiliation
Jenkins, Kylie M.
Unknown Affiliation
Khan, Mohammad Imran
Unknown Affiliation
Levine, Myron M.
Unknown Affiliation
Martin, Laura B.
Unknown Affiliation
Nilles, Eric J.
Unknown Affiliation
Pitzer, Virginia E.
Unknown Affiliation
Singh, Shalini Pravin
Unknown Affiliation
Baker, Stephen G.
Unknown Affiliation
Mulholland, Edward Kim
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/tmi.12367
ISSN:
13653156
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study