A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon

Table 2

Prevalence of typhoid fever by sociodemographic characteristics in the study population.

	Total (N = 558)	Salmonella typhi positive (n = 72)	value (chi^2)
Age groups (years)
<10	37	6 (16.2)	0.8010 (3.814)
[11–20]	73	7 (9.6)
[21–30]	219	28 (12.8)
[31–40]	48	5 (10.4)
[41–50]	57	6 (10.5)
[51–60]	54	8 (14.8)
[61–70]	48	7 (14.6)
>71	22	5 (22.7)
Gender
Female	376	39 (10.4)	0.0148
Male	182	33 (18.1)
Residence
Dschang	237	45 (19.0)	<0.0001 (29, 16)
Fongo-Tongo	20	1 (5.0)
Nkong-Ni	76	10 (13.1)
Penka-Michel	12	9 (75.0)
Santchou	41	7 (17.1)
Occupation
Student	266	33 (12.4)	0.5105 (2.310)
Civil servant	27	6 (22.2)
Private sector	144	17 (11.8)
Housewife	121	16 (13.2)
Level of education
Not educated	1	0	0.9459 (0.3724)
Primary	78	11 (14.1)
Secondary	304	40 (13.15)
Higher education	174	21 (12.1)
Marital status
Married	314	28 (8.9)	0.0025 (11.95)
Single	208	40 (19.2)
Widow/widower	36	4 (11.1)