Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa

With more than 1.2 million illnesses and 29,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem. Effective control of the disease would benefit from an understanding of the subnational geospatial distribution of the disease incidence.

Citation:
Kim JH, Choi J, Kim C, Pak GD, …….. Browne AJ, Owusu-Dabo E, Rakotozandrindrainy R, et al. Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;2024(2):e0011902.

Keywords:
Epidemiology; incidence; public health; sanitation; typhoid fever

Abstract:
With more than 1.2 million illnesses and 29,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem. Effective control of the disease would benefit from an understanding of the subnational geospatial distribution of the disease incidence.