title: Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ICDDR,B Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. abrooks@icddrb.org
authors.forename: W Abdullah
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Anowar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Doli
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.forename: Kamrun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: Khorshed
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Noor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Aliya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naheed
authors.forename: G Balarish
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luby
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Breiman
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents