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Typhoid makes an unwelcome return to Ireland, says HSE
Cases of largely drug-resistant typhoid fever have been reported here for the first time
about 5 hours ago
Typhoid is making an unwelcome return to Ireland this year, thanks to a big increase in cases among travellers returning from Pakistan, according to the Health Service Executive.
Worryingly, too, cases of largely drug-resistant typhoid fever have been reported in Ireland for the first time, says the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
So far this year, there have been 23 cases of the water-borne infection, 12 of which involved recent travel to Pakistan. This is well above the typical average of nine cases a year – including just two from Pakistan – seen before this.
Seven of the Pakistan-related cases affected children aged under 15 years, and three involved the drug-resistant XDR strain...
Typhoid makes an unwelcome return to Ireland, says HSE
Cases of largely drug-resistant typhoid fever have been reported here for the first time
about 5 hours ago
Typhoid is making an unwelcome return to Ireland this year, thanks to a big increase in cases among travellers returning from Pakistan, according to the Health Service Executive.
Worryingly, too, cases of largely drug-resistant typhoid fever have been reported in Ireland for the first time, says the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
So far this year, there have been 23 cases of the water-borne infection, 12 of which involved recent travel to Pakistan. This is well above the typical average of nine cases a year – including just two from Pakistan – seen before this.
Seven of the Pakistan-related cases affected children aged under 15 years, and three involved the drug-resistant XDR strain...