MALARIA AND TYPHOID FEVER: POSITIVE WIDAL TEST IN MALARIA PATIENTS REPORTED AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Illness due to Malaria and Typhoid co-infection is a most essential community wellbeing issue in most of the rising nations. Many of the co-infections treated are established on techniques of diagnosis afflicted with expectations that may exaggerate the circumstances.

Therefore the objective of current study was to analyze the level of co-infection by using the Widal test for diagnosis of typhoid fever in cases of Malaria at Nawabshah, Pakistan.

Methodology:

An aggregate of 390 subjects who were positive for malaria were reanalyzed for typhoid fever. Blood samples were collected from all subjects positive for malaria and were sent to laboratory for initial evaluation of laboratory diagnosis of Typhoid fever.

Results:

Out of 390 subjects positive for malaria parasite, there were 52 subjects positive for typhoid fever by the Widal test. The ratio of malaria and typhoid was equal to 7.5:1. The level of co-infection was considerably extraordinary when symptoms were more at presentation. Typhoid was screened by Widal Test.  Analysis showed an association among malaria parasite and the level of antibody titers of Salmonella in subjects suffering from malaria.

Conclusion:

Co-infection of malaria and typhoid is frequent in endemics of Nawabshah Pakistan.

Key words: Widal test, MP ICT Antigen, Malaria, typhoid fever, co-infection.