Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever ِAmong Different Ages in Mosul City in  2008 and 2009

I. Daood, Ismail

	Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever ِAmong Different Ages in Mosul City in 2008 and 2009
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-117
Author
Ismail I. Daood
Abstract
The aim of the research is to study the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever among both sex of different age groups and to assess widal test in diagnosis of cases. The studied samples include (612) patients visited out patient on clinic at Al-Kanssa hospital in Mosul city, (269) patients for the year 2008, and (343) patient in 2009, their age groups ranged from 4-71 year and all of them complaining enteric fever. The study showed 79.5% were positive for typhoid fever infection by Sal. typhi included 80.3% in 2008 and 87.7% in 2009, and found lowest 65.5% positive infection by Sal. paratyphi, included 60.6% and 70.3% in 2008 and 2009 respectively. This study found highest percentage 86.1% of female infected by typhoid fever in 2008 and lowest percentage 79.2% in 2009. The results showed lowest percentage 13.9% of male in 2008 and highest 20.8% in 2009. It also showed 84.8 % paratyphoid fever among female in 2008 and 78.4% in 2009 .Study found lowest percentage 15.4% paratyphoid fever infection in male in 2008 and 21.6% percentage in 2009. Study found 53 (19.7%) cases infected by both typhoid and paratyphoid fever in 2008 and found 67 (19.5%) cases in 2009, with acute clinical symptoms in both years. There was active Sal. typhi infection in 85.7 % detected by specific IgM for typhoid fever and 64.5% active Sal. paratyphi for paratyphoid fever after treatment with 2ME. Results were showed highest percentage of both typhoid and paratyphoid fever among (21 - 30) age group then less in (31- 40) age group and found percentage of typhoid fever less than paratyphoid fever . Also found highest percentage of both fever infections on June, July and August in 2008 and 2009.

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