Distinct climate influences on the risk of typhoid compared to invasive non-typhoid Salmonella disease in Blantyre, Malawi



Thindwa, Deus, Chipeta, Michael G, Henrion, Marc YR and Gordon, Melita A ORCID: 0000-0002-0629-0884
(2019) Distinct climate influences on the risk of typhoid compared to invasive non-typhoid Salmonella disease in Blantyre, Malawi. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9 (1). 20310-.

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Abstract

Invasive Salmonella diseases, both typhoid and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS), are seasonal bloodstream infections causing important morbidity and mortality globally in Africa. The reservoirs and transmission of both are not fully understood. We hypothesised that differences in the time-lagged relationships of rainfall or temperature with typhoid and iNTS incidence might infer differences in epidemiology. We assessed the dynamics of invasive Salmonella incidence over a 16-year period of surveillance, quantifying incidence peaks, seasonal variations, and nonlinear effects of rainfall and temperature exposures on the relative risks of typhoid and iNTS, using monthly lags. An increased relative risk of iNTS incidence was short-lasting but immediate after the onset of the rains, whereas that of typhoid was long-lasting but with a two months delayed start, implying a possible difference in transmission. The relative-risk function of temperature for typhoid was bimodal, with higher risk at both lower (with a 1 month lag) and higher (with a ≥4 months lag) temperatures, possibly reflecting the known patterns of short and long cycle typhoid transmission. In contrast, the relative-risk of iNTS was only increased at lower temperatures, suggesting distinct transmission mechanisms. Environmental and sanitation control strategies may be different for iNTS compared to typhoid disease.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, Salmonella Infections, Typhoid Fever, Incidence, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Temperature, Climate, Rain, Algorithms, Models, Theoretical, Malawi, Public Health Surveillance, Geography, Medical
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2020 12:28
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:11
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56688-1
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3068835