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A Nested Environmental Approach To Typhoid Epidemiology In Central Division, Fiji, Aaron Jenkins
A Nested Environmental Approach To Typhoid Epidemiology In Central Division, Fiji, Aaron Jenkins
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Many current disease threats involve interactions within and between nested subsystems of biological organisation. Typhoid fever is a serious disease threat in the South Pacific region, with Fiji reporting the highest annual number of cases, yet risk factors in this setting have been poorly studied. While localised behaviours have dominated perspectives on typhoid transmission, interactions between distal ecological conditions, conditions of the residential environment and localised behaviour deserve greater attention for their potential to influence transmission. This thesis demonstrates a nested approach to typhoid epidemiology using a fivefold methodology to explore how regional, river basin, residential, socio-cultural and behavioural subsystems …