Wednesday, 24 January 2018

PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever - Pakistan: (SD) multidrug resistance, fatal, RFI

Typhoid -- Pakistan
Dozens of children have died in Hyderabad as a result of what has been termed the "world's first outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid." The Aga Khan University (AKU) has blamed contaminated water for the lethal disease, but the Sindh Health Department has ruled it out.
Two regions of Hyderabad are in the grip of a drug-resistant strain of typhoid caused by "poor sanitation and contaminated drinking water", said the AKU in a statement on Tuesday [23 Jan 2018] and announced the launch of an

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5582615&promed&0

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