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SUBMITTER: Im J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430703 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Im Justin J Islam Md Taufiqul MT Kim Deok Ryun DR Ahmmed Faisal F Chon Yun Y Zaman K K Khan Ashraful Islam AI Ali Mohammad M Sur Dipika D Kanungo Suman S Dutta Shanta S Bhattacharya Sujit K SK Dougan Gordon G Holt Kathryn E KE Marks Florian F Kim Jerome H JH Qadri Firdausi F Clemens John D JD
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20200817 8
We evaluated the protection conferred by a first documented visit for clinical care of typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever prompting a visit. This study takes advantage of multi-year follow-up of a population with endemic typhoid participating in a cluster-randomized control trial of Vi capsular polysaccharide typhoid vaccine in Kolkata, India. A population of 70,566 individuals, of whom 37,673 were vaccinated with one dose of either Vi vaccine or a control (Hepatitis A) vaccine, were ...[more]