typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to specific type of Salmonella that causes symptoms. Symptoms may vary from mild to severe, and usually begin 6 to 30 days after exposure. This is commonly accompanied by weakness, abdominal pain, constipation...

The Chairperson of the Board of Vaccine Alliance, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how she lost her cousin and nearly lost her son too, to typhoid fever. She said this while assuring that more children will be protected against typhoid fever with the new funding of the typhoid conjugate...