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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers

Case definition

Confirmed case

For typhoid fever, laboratory confirmation of infection with/without symptoms:

Culture isolation of Salmonella Typhi from an appropriate clinical specimen.

For paratyphoid fever, laboratory confirmation of infection with/without symptoms:

Culture isolation of Salmonella Paratyphi from an appropriate clinical specimen

Appropriate clinical specimens

Appropriate clinical specimens include sterile site, deep tissue wounds, stool, vomit, urine, or blood.

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