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Table 1 Basic characterization of patients and acquisition of infection

From: Cases of typhoid fever in Copenhagen region: a retrospective study of presentation and relapse

 

Number of patients

Total number

19 (100%)

Women

11 (58%)

Age, median

26 (range 15–40)

VFR- traveller

17 (89%)

Days spent abroad, median

30 (range 14–150)

Days since return to Denmark, median

16 range (0–26)

Days since onset of symptoms, median

6.5 (range 0–26)

Vaccinated against typhoid fever

0 (0%)

Acquisition in Pakistan

14 (74%)

Acquisition in Asia outside Pakistan

3 (16%)

Acquisition in Middle East

1 (5%)

Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa

1 (5%)