The Lancet infectious diseases
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Observational Study
Predictors of mortality in patients with yellow fever: an observational cohort study.
Yellow fever virus infection results in death in around 30% of symptomatic individuals. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of death measured at hospital admission in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital during the 2018 outbreak of yellow fever in the outskirts of São Paulo city, Brazil. ⋯ São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
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Typhoid fever is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. In 2017, WHO recommended the programmatic use of typhoid Vi-conjugate vaccine (TCV) in endemic settings, and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, has pledged support for vaccine introduction in these countries. Country-level health economic evaluations are now needed to inform decision-making. ⋯ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research Foundation-Flanders, and the Belgian-American Education Foundation.