Typhoid fever in Ujung Pandang, Indonesia - high-risk groups and high-risk behaviours (original) (raw)

1997, Tropical Medicine & International Health

We performed a hospital-based case-control study to identify high-risk groups and routes of transmission of typhoid fever in the city of Ujung Pandang on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The annual incidence of this disease in southern Sulawesi is estimated at 3.1/1000 and the case fatality at 5.1% Cases were 50 patients over 13 years of age admitted to Stella Maris Hospital with a diagnosis of typhoid fever between June and September 1991. Diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and in 90% of cases confirmed by a Widal test.

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