Open AccessEnteric Fever Pattern among Patients Attending General Hospital Kaltungo
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Peters,
Nuhu Muhammed,
Lynn Maori,
Maikudi Haruna,
Zainab Umar,
Rimamnyang C. Mamtara,
Samirah David Awak,
David Peter Damuut
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-7124
DOI - 10.9734/ajob/2022/v14i130201
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , paratyphoid fever , salmonella typhi , salmonella , personal hygiene , hygiene , age groups , pediatrics , demography , biology , family medicine , virology , pathology , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , sociology , gene
Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi causes typhoid and paratyphoid fevers respectively. Out of the one thousand two hundred and six (1206) sample analyzed for Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers using tile method; 748 (62.0%) were positive while 458 (38%) were negative. Females were found to have the highest positivity rate of 413 (68.4%), while males had 335 (55.5%) positivity rate. The age bracket with the highest positivity rate 0-10years and above (28.3%), followed by 11-20years (26.2%). The age bracket with the lowest percentage positivity was 60years and above (6.0). We therefore wish to conclude that women should take personal hygiene serious and people from the following age groups of 0-10years and those at age 11-20 regardless of their sex should do likewise as Salmonellosis was found to be high among those categories of people.