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Table 1 Signs and symptoms of cases of fever of at least one week duration by timing of onset (N = 103), ward 1 of South Dumdum Municipality, "North 24 Parganas" district, West Bengal, India, February–May 2007

From: A typhoid fever outbreak in a slum of South Dumdum municipality, West Bengal, India, 2007: Evidence for foodborne and waterborne transmission

 

Early 1

(n = 43)

Late 2

(n = 60)

Total

Characteristics

#

%

#

%

Number

Proportion (%)

Malaise

43

100

60

100

103

100

Headache

39

91

55

92

94

91

Anorexia

40

93

53

88

93

90

Cough

7

16

10

17

17

17

Constipation

4

9

5

8

9

9

Diarrhea

3

7

5

8

8

8

Hospitalized

2

5

4

7

6

6

Rash over trunk

1

2

0

0

1

1

Death

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. 1Before 1 April 2007
  2. 21 April 2007 and after