Typhoid fever in travellers: estimating the risk of acquisition by country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Typhoid fever is a notifiable disease within Australia. Although studies in endemic regions give an indication of acquisition risk, many countries lack reliable data, and little is known of the absolute or relative risk in Australian travellers. By combining notified case data with travel statistics provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the aim of this study was to give an indication of risk for typhoid acquisition among Australian travellers.

Methods

Australian typhoid notifications between 1st January 2010 and 30th June 2017 were grouped by country of acquisition and age category (<15 or ≥15 years). Australian travel data were used to inform time at risk and incidence rate of Australian typhoid notifications pertaining to country and region of acquisi

SUBMITTER: Forster DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715417 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature