Analysing the Incidence of Modern-Day Typhoid Fever in Population of Urban Areas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/shcga045Keywords:
Typhoid fever, Widal Test , AgglutinationAbstract
In developing nations, especially India, typhoid fever remains a fatal illness. Even while this disease
primarily affects children, it also contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in older
populations. In India, most of the cases of typhoid fever are diagnosed clinically, or at the most by the
Widal test which is not fool proof. . The illness Salmonella typhi is the bacterium that causes typhoid
fever, an infectious disease that is spread orally. It is typically brought on by eating tainted food and
drinking dirty water. Salmonella typhi has serological positivity for the protein flagellar antigen Hd, the
polysaccharide capsular antigen, and the lipopolysaccharide antigens O9 and O12. Vi. S. typhi
Compared to Vi-negative bacteria, Vi-positive strains are more virulent and contagious
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