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Table 1 Qualitative slide Widal agglutination test results of febrile patients suspected of typhoid fever in Ambo hospital, from February 2016 to December, 2016

From: A cross-sectional study of enteric fever among febrile patients at Ambo hospital: prevalence, risk factors, comparison of Widal test and stool culture and antimicrobials susceptibility pattern of isolates

Widal slide agglutination results

Number tested

% prevalence (95% CI)

Both O and H antigens reactive

184

49.5 (44.27–54.66)

Only O antigen reactive

25

6.7 (4.40–9.76)

Non-reactive for O and H antigens

163

43.8 (38.71–49.03)

Total

372

100