A single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) offers safe, effective protection against typhoid two years after vaccination in all children, and sustained protection for older children at three ...

Over the next four years, rates of typhoid incidence fell dramatically among kids who got the TCV shot. Just 24 children who got the vaccine developed typhoid, compared to 110 kids who didn't ...

HOUSTON - October 31, 2000-Vaccination for typhoid fever should be considered for even short-term visits to high-risk areas, Dr. Ellen Steinberg said at the annual meeting of the American Society ...

A single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy in preventing typhoid fever in children ages 9 months to 12 years old, according to a new study conducted by ...

More information: Efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine: final analysis of a 4-year, phase 3, randomised controlled trial in Malawian children, The Lancet (2024). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02031 ...

As per GAVI (2022) it is estimated that Typhoid accounts for an estimated 11 to 21 million cases of febrile illness and 117,000 to 161,000 deaths are attributed to the disease each year.