Epidemiology and risk factors for typhoid fever in Central Division, Fiji, 2014-2017: A case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Typhoid fever is endemic in Fiji, with high reported annual incidence. We sought to identify the sources and modes of transmission of typhoid fever in Fiji with the aim to inform disease control.

Methodology/principal findings

We identified and surveyed patients with blood culture-confirmed typhoid fever from January 2014 through January 2017. For each typhoid fever case we matched two controls by age interval, gender, ethnicity, and residential area. Univariable and multivariable analysis were used to evaluate associations between exposures and risk for typhoid fever. We enrolled 175 patients with typhoid fever and 349 controls. Of the cases, the median (range) age was 29 (2-67) years, 86 (49%) were male, and 84 (48%) lived in a rural area. On multivariable analy

SUBMITTER: Prasad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010302 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature