Typhoid hits Pakistani cities

21 July 2017

Pakistan: Resistant typhoid strikes two cities. H58, a multi-drug resistant (MDR) strain of typhoid, is cutting a swathe through the children of Hyderabad and Karachi. An assistant professor in paediatrics at a major Karachi hospital considers the current outbreak of MDR typhoid the largest seen in the two cities. Contaminated water supplies and sewage infrastructure failures are being blamed for the outbreak. Read more

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