Philippines: Typhoid cases top 10000 in 2022

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The Philippines Department of Health reports eclipsing 10,000
typhoid fever cases this year, a large increase over the same period
in 2021. From the beginning of the year through September 17,
health officials report 10,452 cumulative cases, a 135 percent
increase over the same period last year (4,455).
Typhoid deaths are also up 3-time compared to 2021 (49 deaths
this year vs 16 deaths in 2021).
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has reported the most
cases with 2,132, followed by Northern Mindanao (1,338) and the
Central Visayas (1,167).
Typhoid fever, caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, is
a life-threatening bacterial infection. Typhoid fever is still common
in the developing world, where it affects about 21 million people
annually.
Salmonella typhi lives only in humans. Persons with typhoid fever
carry the bacteria in their bloodstream and intestinal tract.
In addition, a small number of persons, called carriers, recover
from typhoid fever but continue to carry the bacteria. Both ill
persons and carriers shed S.typhi in their feces.
You can get typhoid fever if you eat food or drink beverages that
have been handled by a person who is shedding S. typhi or if sewage
contaminated with S. typhi bacteria gets into the water you use for
drinking or washing food. Therefore, typhoid fever is more common
in areas of the world where handwashing is less frequent and water
is likely to be contaminated with sewage.

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