Prevalence of typhoid fever in urban areas of Haripur, KPK, Pakistan | [Abstract Book on International Conference on Food and Applied Sciences (ICFAS-23) 3-5 August 23 • 2023]

Author(s):

1. Isra Khan: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

2. Faryal khan: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

3. Huria Hassan: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

4. Zainab Bibi: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

5. Mahnoor Malik: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

6. Wazir Muhammad: Department of Zoology, Govt. Post Graduate College, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan

7. Asima Azam: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto women university, Peshawer, KPK, Pakistan

8. Kamran ullah: Department of Biology (Zoology), University of Haripur-22620,KPK-Pakistan

9. Saleha Ashfaq: Department of Biology (Zoology), University of Haripur-22620,KPK-Pakistan

10. Asma ul husna: Department of Biology (Zoology), University of Haripur-22620,KPK-Pakistan

Abstract:

Typhoid fever is a deadly bacterial disease caused by Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi and has become a serious public health problem world wide especially in developing countries including Pakistan. Typhoid fever is estimated to have caused 21.6 million illnesses and 216?500 deaths globally in 2000, affecting all ages. Enteric fever like typhoid showed the highest morbidity in Asia with approximately 93 % of global episodes has been contributed by this region. In 2008, it was reported that among Asian countries India and Pakistan had high incidence rate of enteric fever.. A study conducted in 2003 which reported that waterborne infections claim 250,000 deaths each year in Pakistan among which typhoid fever is the leading cause. Poor hygiene, poor sanitation and sewerage system, over population are the key contributing factors. This study is carried out to determine the prevalence of typhoidfever in Distric Haripur. The Secondary data about typhoid cases is collected from January toDecember 2020 from DHQ Haripur. Total 695 typhoid fever suspected cases were reported including both male and female of all ages also checked the prevalence of fever month wise and season wise. The results showed prevalence 393(56.55%) in females and 302(43.45%) in males. Highest occurrence of typhoid feverwas observed among females of age group above 15 years (36.26%) , and least with the patients of age group below 15 years (13.24%). The Prevalence was highest in month ofSeptember (17.12%) , while, minimum cases were reported in December (1.44%). Total estimation reveals that females (56.55%) suffer more than males (43.45%) in Haripur. Based on above findings, it is concluded that high incidence of typhoid fever is found moreamong age groups age 15 years and high ratio in females than males. Our results can be useful to public health agencies in planning infectious disease prevention and control strategies.

Page(s): 90-90

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Food and Applied Sciences (ICFAS-23) 3-5 August 23, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023

Keywords:

Salmonellaparatyphi , S almonellatyphi , Bacterialdisease

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