Low levels of awareness about typhoid: Survey

New Delhi, July 22 With 2.2 million cases of typhoid being recorded in India alone in 2016, typhoid fever poses a serious disease burden in the country. However, a recent survey reveals that only 66 per cent of people are aware of the typhoid vaccination that can prevent the typhoid fever.

Typhoid tends to affect children most, with peak incidence occurring in children aged 5-15 years.

The survey, conducted by Abbott in partnership with Babygogo, revealed that about one fifth of respondents in Delhi who did not vaccinate their children

( With inputs from IANS )