A study on the typhoid and paratyphoid fever among children of Sharkat district in Iraq

Abstract

Two hundred cases of typhoid fever were analysed among the suspected cases attended the Sharkat hospital, Salah-Aldeen Governurate during 1997-1998. It was concluded that the highest frequencies of incidence of typhoid fever using Widals test were among the children of age group of less than five years. The percentages of incidence of typhoid fever among males, rural descendants, artificial feeders, of farmer families, with fever were 52, 91.5, 58 and 100% respectively. Typhoid was dominant compared to paratyphoid. Failure to thrive was low among the older children, and almost similar among children of rural and urban areas. Isolation and treatment is advised until clinical and bacteriological assays negatively is documented.