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Urban Slums: A Supportive Ecosystem for Typhoidal Salmonellae

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Luby, Stephen P·2018·The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiy324PMC PMC6226803
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The typhoidal Salmonellae were controlled in cities in North America and Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century by development of centralized water treatment systems. In the early 21st century, large urban centers where drinking water routinely mixes with human feces have the highest burden of typhoid fever. Although improving municipal drinking water quality is the most robust approach to reduce enteric fever burden, the high costs and managerial capacity that such systems require and decreasing per capita water availability requires new approaches to reach the highest risk communities. The spread of antimicrobial resistance threatens to increase the burden of enteric fever much sooner than the extension of safe reliable water service delivery can be implemented. Thus, vaccination is an important interim measure.

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Authors
Luby, S. P.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
Luby, Stephen P
ORCID
Luby, Stephen P
Venue
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2018-07-27
Volume
218
Issue
suppl_4
Pages
S250-S254
ISSN
  • 0022-1899 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-6613
DOI
10.1093/infdis/jiy324
PMC
PMC6226803
OpenAlex
W2883157470
Cited by
25
References
2
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FWCI
2.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Public Health and Environmental Issues
Keywords
typhoidal Salmonella, typhoid fever, enteric fever, urban slums, fecal-oral transmission, drinking water quality, water treatment, antimicrobial resistance, typhoid vaccination, high-risk communities, water scarcity
MeSH terms
Government, Humans, International Agencies, Poverty Areas, Salmonella, Typhoid Fever, Urban Population, Water Microbiology, Water Supply, Ecosystem, Water Quality, Drinking Water

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