| Title |
Population-Based Incidence of Typhoid Fever in an Urban Informal Settlement and a Rural Area in Kenya: Implications for Typhoid Vaccine Use in Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029119 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert F. Breiman, Leonard Cosmas, Henry Njuguna, Allan Audi, Beatrice Olack, John B. Ochieng, Newton Wamola, Godfrey M. Bigogo, George Awiti, Collins W. Tabu, Heather Burke, John Williamson, Joseph O. Oundo, Eric D. Mintz, Daniel R. Feikin |
| Abstract |
High rates of typhoid fever in children in urban settings in Asia have led to focus on childhood immunization in Asian cities, but not in Africa, where data, mostly from rural areas, have shown low disease incidence. We set out to compare incidence of typhoid fever in a densely populated urban slum and a rural community in Kenya, hypothesizing higher rates in the urban area, given crowding and suboptimal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 294 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 288 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 49 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 13% |
| Researcher | 35 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 23 | 8% |
| Other | 50 | 17% |
| Unknown | 70 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 76 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 37 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 18 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 49 | 17% |
| Unknown | 82 | 28% |