Prevalence of Typhoid Fever in Healthy People: A Descriptive Study

Introduction: Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella typhi. Objective: To screen pathogens which cause typhoid fever among the healthy people isolated from the blood. Materials and Methods: Blood were collected from the 200 healthy people and transported to microbiology laboratory for performing test. Results: A total 120 healthy people showed positive result who had typhoid fever based on clinical examination and serological test, whereas 80 showed negative results from the total 200 patients. Conclusion: Widal test may be suitable test to detect the enteric fever after 1 week of fever when blood culture is negative.