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Typhoid fever—important issues still remain

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The Third Asia Pacific Symposium on Typhoid Fever and Other Salmonellosis was held in Bali, Indonesia on 8–10 December 1997.
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This article is published in Trends in Microbiology.The article was published on 1998-04-01. It has received 146 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Typhoid fever & Salmonella typhi.

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Salmonella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, is approximately 50,000 years old.

TL;DR: It is estimated that the last common ancestor of S. typhi existed 15,000-150,000 years ago, during the human hunter-gatherer phase and prior to the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals.
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Immune response to infection with Salmonella typhimurium in mice.

TL;DR: The response to S. typhimurium involves both T and B cell‐mediated immunity, and mechanisms mediated by both lymphocyte populations are important for control of primary infection and protection against secondary infection.
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Risk Factors for Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in Jakarta, Indonesia

TL;DR: Community-based case-control study in Jakarta found typhoid and paratyphoid fever are associated with distinct routes of transmission, with the risk factors for disease either mainly within the household (typhoid) or outside the Household (paratYphoid).
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