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Typhoid fever cases in the U.S. military

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2015
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Title
Typhoid fever cases in the U.S. military
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-1159-6
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Tia Sorrell, Daniel J. Selig, Mark S. Riddle, Chad K. Porter

Abstract

Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), a causative agent of enteric fever (typhoid fever), predominately affects populations in developing regions with poor access to clean food and water. In addition, travelers to these regions are at risk of exposure. We report the epidemiological characteristics of S. Typhi cases among active duty United States military personnel from 1998 to 2011 using data obtained from the Defense Medical Surveillance System. Cases were identified based on International Classification for Disease Ninth Edition - Clinical Modification codes. We identified a total of 205 cases S. Typhi for an incidence of 1.09 per 100,000 person-years. Cases were on average 31.7 years old, predominately married (n = 129, 62.9 %), Caucasian (n = 142, 69.3 %), male (n = 176, 85.9 %), and had a high school education (n = 101, 49.3 %). Of the identified cases, 122 had received a Typhoid vaccination within 4 years of diagnosis. This study provides an overview of enteric fever in the United States military. The incidence was similar to the general U.S. population except for increased incidence from 1998 to 2000, perhaps attributable to operational deployments in that period. Given that vaccination is an effective primary prevention measure against typhoid fever, active monitoring of pre-deployment vaccine history is warranted.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 20%
Student > Master 8 20%
Student > Bachelor 5 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 10%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 7 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 5%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 9 23%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 November 2019.
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#574,464
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