A Turning Point in Typhoid Control

Adwoa D Bentsi-Enchill¹, Andrew J Pollard^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Adwoa D Bentsi-Enchill et al. J Infect Dis. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 10;218(suppl_4):S185-S187.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy417.

Adwoa D Bentsi-Enchill¹, Andrew J Pollard^{2

3}

¹ Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom.

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