25 years after Vi typhoid vaccine efficacy study, typhoid affects significant number of population in Nepal.

Salmonella Typhi, first isolated in 1884, results in infection of the intestines and can end in death and disability. Due to serious adverse events post vaccination, whole cell killed vaccines have been replaced with new generation vaccines. The efficacy of Vi polysaccharide (ViPS) vaccine, a new ge...

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Main Authors: Deepak Bajracharya, M Imran Khan, Alfred Pach, Parisha Shrestha, Nilesh Joshi, Shyam R Upreti, Thomas Wierzba, Mahesh Puri, Sushant Sahastrabuddhe, R Leon Ochiai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3882213?pdf=render