Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh.
We confirmed a bacteremic typhoid fever incidence of 3.9 episodes/1,000 person-years during fever surveillance in a Dhaka urban slum. The relative risk for preschool children compared with older persons was 8.9. Our regression model showed that these children were clinically ill, which suggests a role for preschool immunization.
Brooks
W Abdullah
WA
ICDDR,B Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. abrooks@icddrb.org
Hossain
Anowar
A
Goswami
Doli
D
Nahar
Kamrun
K
Alam
Khorshed
K
Ahmed
Noor
N
Naheed
Aliya
A
Nair
G Balarish
GB
Luby
Stephen
S
Breiman
Robert F
RF
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000254:growth & development*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014505:Urban Population
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents