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Typhoid vaccine over 81% effective in tackling disease in Nepal

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A large field study of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Nepal has shown a single dose to be safe and effective in reducing typhoid in children aged 9 months to <16 years in an endemic setting. OUCRU-Nepal Professor Buddha Basnyat took part in this study.

Researcher with a child patient

The full story is available on the University of Oxford website

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