Rare Diseases Symptoms Automatic Extraction
Home
A random Abstract
Our Project
Our Team
Typhoid fever in Fiji: a reversible plague?
[typhoid]
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
.