The Use of Typhoid Vaccines in Asia: The DOMI Experience

R. Leon Ochiai,Camilo J. Acosta,Magdarina D. Agtini,Bhattacharya Sk,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Canh Gia Do,Baiqing Dong,Xinguang Chen,Bonita Stanton,Linda Kaljee,Andrew Nyamete,Claudia M. Galindo,Lorenz von Seidlein,Denise DeRoeck,Luis Jodar,John D. Clemens

The Use of Typhoid Vaccines in Asia: The DOMI Experience

2007

R. Leon Ochiai
Camilo J. Acosta
Magdarina D. Agtini
Bhattacharya Sk
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Canh Gia Do
Baiqing Dong
Xinguang Chen
Bonita Stanton
Linda Kaljee
Andrew Nyamete
Claudia M. Galindo
Lorenz von Seidlein
Denise DeRoeck
Luis Jodar
John D. Clemens

Two currently licensed typhoid vaccines have been evaluated in Asia, yet few Asian countrieshave considered including typhoid vaccines in their vaccination programs. The Diseases of the Most Impoverished(DOMI) Program was initiated to provide evidence to decide on the introduction of typhoid vaccines in Asiancountries.

Keywords:

Poverty
Evidence-based practice
Immunology
Virology
Government
Typhoid fever
Vaccination
Medicine
cost of illness
positive attitude
enteric fever

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