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Table 1 Distribution of Typhoid patients according to regions and sex

From: Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of ELISA against Widal test for typhoid diagnosis in endemic population of Kathmandu

Geographical Regions

Patients

Male

Female

Total

Terai Region (<2297 ft)

621 (65.92 %)

321 (34.07 %)

942 (68.71 %)*

Hill Region (2000–10000 ft)

340 (82.92 %)

70 (17.07 %)

410 (29.91 %)

Mountain Region (>10000 ft)

10 (52.63 %)

9 (47.36 %)

19 (1.39 %)

  1. *p value, <0.05 while comparing the patients from Hill region
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