Typhoid fever remains a major health challenge in India, as every year, we see multiple outbreaks, which occur most frequently during monsoon and post-monsoon seasons, and even otherwise. Recently a ...

Worldwide, 20% of the bacterial strains that cause typhoid fever have genetic variations in their external layer, called Vi capsule, that provide higher virulence, higher infectivity and high ...

Researchers can accurately track where typhoid fever cases are highest by monitoring environmental samples for viruses called bacteriophages that specifically infect the bacterium that causes typhoid ...

Multi-drug resistant bacteria that cause typhoid fever are on the move around the world and replacing strains that once were susceptible to antibiotics, researchers have found in a new analysis. To ...

Many cities in India witness a rise in typhoid cases due to heavy rains and flooding. The primary cause behind typhoid cases is a fever caused by Salmonella Typhi, and this spreads through food or ...

Manipur’s Churachandpur sees rising dengue, typhoid and scrub typhus cases, with children increasingly affected by high fever ...

A new online resource gives the public health community the power to track antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi), the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, using genomic sequencing.

A doctor explains why even a mild fever during the monsoon should not be ignored, as dengue, malaria, chikungunya and typhoid ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have completed a successful Phase I clinical trial of a novel vaccine designed to ...