Distribution of Typhoid fever in different rural and urban areas of Lakhimpur District of Assam

Typhoid is one of the infectious bacterial diseases ofhuman in Assam. Blood samples were collected from5474 patients suspected with enteric fever from differentrural as well as urban areas of Lakhimpur district ofAssam during the period from January to December,2012.Among the suspected patients 26.2% were foundtyphoid positive in Widal test. It was observed thatamong the typhoid positive patients, 2% had only Hflagellarantibodies, 40% had only O-somatic antibodiesand 58% had both O-somatic and H-flagellar antibodies.The H2S test of water sample collected from typhoidreporting areas also showed presence of sulphur producingbacteria. All age groups and both the sexes are equallyaffected. Muslim communities and Tea garden communitieswere highly afflicted with this fever. The proportion of caseswas higher in rural areas as compared to urban areas.