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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 218, 期 -, 页码 S214-S221出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix221
关键词
typhoid; enteric fever; acute febrile illness; Salmonella; epidemiology; Nepal
资金
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund/American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Rosenkranz Prize for Healthcare Research
- Charles A. King Trust Fellowship
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [AI100023]
- Sabin Vaccine Institute
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP11130007]
Background. In South Asia, data on enteric fever are sparse outside of urban areas. We characterized enteric fever diagnosis patterns and the burden of culture-confirmed cases in ped-urban and rural Nepal. Methods. We used national reports to estimate enteric fever diagnosis rates over 20 years (1994-2014) and conducted a prospective study of patients presenting with a >72-hour history of fever to 4 ped-urban and rural healthcare facilities (during August 2013-June 2016). We compared clinical characteristics of patients with culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi infection to those of patients without enteric fever. We used generalized additive models with logistic link functions to evaluate associations of age and population density with culture positivity. Results. National rates of enteric fever diagnosis were high, reaching 18.8 cases per 1000 during 2009-2014. We enrolled 4309 participants with acute febrile illness. Among those with a provisional clinical diagnosis, 55% (1334 of 2412) received a diagnosis of enteric fever; however, only 4.1% of these had culture-confirmed typhoidal Salmonella infection. Culture positivity was highest among young adults and was strongly associated with higher population density (P < .001). Conclusions. Enteric fever diagnosis rates were very high throughout Nepal, but in rural settings, few patients had culture-confirmed disease. Expanded surveillance may inform local enteric fever treatment and prevention strategies.
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