Nairobi, March 30 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the epicentre of typhoid fever, a survey shows.

According to the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme, which offers new typhoid fever burden estimates from six high burden countries on the continent - DRC, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria - the country is exhibiting a high incidence rate with 315 cases per 100,000 individuals.

Four countries recorded more than 100 cases for every 100,000 person-to-years of observation, which is considered a high burden. In DRC, children between 2-14 years of age were shown to be at highest risk across all 25 study sites.

The number of suspected typhoid intestinal perforations was notably high, particularly in DRC and Ghan...