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Volume 16, Number 11—November 2010
Letter

Typhoid Fever among Children, Ghana

Florian Marks, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Frank Hünger, Nimako Sarpong, Samuel Ekuban, Alex Agyekum, Bernard Nkrumah, Norbert G. Schwarz, Michael O. Favorov, Christian G. MeyerComments to Author , and Jürgen May
Author affiliations: International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea (F. Marks, M.O. Favorov); Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (Y. Adu-Sarkodie); Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi (F. Hünger, N. Sarpong, S. Ekuban, A. Agyekum, B. Nkrumah); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (N.G. Schwarz, C.G. Meyer, J. May)

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Table

Estimates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi incidence in children, Ghana, September 2007–November 2008

Age group, y No. S. enterica 
ser. Typhi isolates* Coverage population† Incidence‡ 
(95% confidence interval)
0–15 16 14,933 120 (70 to 170)
<2 1 2,133 50 (–30 to 140)
2–<5 8 3,200 290 (120 to 450)
5–<8 5 2,880 200 (50 to 340)
8–<11 1 2,880 40 (–30 to 110)
11–<15 1 3,840 30 (–20 to 80)

*Observation period 15 mo (period of complete and uninterrupted assessment of blood culture data).
†No. residents of each community with access to Agogo Presbyterian Hospital.
‡Per 100,000 persons per year.

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