Enteric Fever — Tools for Prevention

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever are acquired through consumption of water or food contaminated by the feces of an infected or colonized person. Although improvements in sewage disposal and the provision of safe drinking water eliminated enteric fever in much of the industrialized world by the early 20th century, typhoid and paratyphoid fever remain endemic in impoverished regions of Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Estimating the burden of these diseases is challenging, given their nonspecific clinical presentation and the lack of blood-culture surveillance in much of the world. In this issue of the Journal, John et al.1 report the results of a . . .