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- Title
Typhoid fever in children aged less than 5 years.
- Authors
Sinha, A; Sazawal, S; Kumar, R; Sood, S; Reddaiah, V P; Singh, B; Rao, M; Naficy, A; Clemens, J D; Bhan, M K
- Abstract
Calculation of the incidence of typhoid fever during preschool years is important to define the optimum age of immunisation and the choice of vaccines for public-health programmes in developing countries. Hospital-based studies have suggested that children younger than 5 years do not need vaccination against typhoid fever, but this view needs to be re-examined in community-based longitudinal studies. We undertook a prospective follow-up study of residents of a low-income urban area of Delhi, India, with active surveillance for case detection.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 354, Issue 9180, p734
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09001-1