Typhoid fever in paediatric patients in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Naeem Khan
  • Muhammad Shafee Center for advanced Studies in vaccinology & biotechnology University of Balochistan,Quetta.
  • Kamran Hussain
  • Abdul Samad
  • Muhammad Arif Awan
  • Abdul Manan
  • Abdul Wadood

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.294.3251

Keywords:

Prevalence, Typhoid Fever, Typhidot, Widal.

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the seropositivity of typhoid fever in febrile pediatric patients presenting to tertiary care center.

Methods: This observational study was conducted at Children Hospital Quetta (CHQ) from July 2011 to March 2012. The children with three or more days fever, no obvious focus of infection and clinically suspected of typhoid fever were screened. Sterile Blood samples were obtained from febrile patients and Widal and Typhidot

Author Biography

Muhammad Shafee, Center for advanced Studies in vaccinology & biotechnology University of Balochistan,Quetta.

universty of Balochistan, department of Microbiology.

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Published

2013-07-02

How to Cite

Khan, M. N., Shafee, M., Hussain, K., Samad, A., Awan, M. A., Manan, A., & Wadood, A. (2013). Typhoid fever in paediatric patients in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(4). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.294.3251

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 4 (2013): August 2013 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles