PRO/EDR> Typhoid fever – Pakistan (06): multidrug resistance, spread, travel alert

Fever — Pakistan
An ongoing outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever in Pakistan that has triggered the level 2 alert can be controlled by sensitizing public and health professionals on following preventive measures religiously and offering vaccination particularly to the population at risk. The US CDC has already issued a travel alert saying anyone heading to Pakistan should take extra care of food and water and get vaccination against typhoid. The CDC said the XDR typhoid strain in Pakistan