Table 4.
Frequency of clinical features among human study participants from September 2022 to January 2024
| Clinical feature Variables | Salmonella isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | Total N (%) | ||
| Consistency of stool | Watery | 15 (30.6) | 108 (30.4) | 123 (30.4) |
| Mucoid | 8 (16.3) | 90 (25.4) | 98 (24.3) | |
| Bloody | 3 (6.1) | 11 (3.1) | 14 (3.4) | |
| Mixed (blood and mucus) | 11 (22.4) | 64 (18.0) | 75 (18.6) | |
| Loose | 12 (24.5) | 82 (23.1) | 94 (23.3) | |
| Duration of diarrhea (days) | ≤ 5 | 43 (87.8) | 319 (89.9) | 362 (89.6) |
| 6–10 | 3 (6.1) | 26 (7.3) | 29 (7.2) | |
| 11–15 | 3 (6.1) | 4 (1.1) | 7 (1.7) | |
| > 15 | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) | |
| Nausea | Yes | 13 (26.5) | 116 (32.7) | 129 (31.9) |
| No | 36 (73.5) | 239 (67.3) | 275 (68.1) | |
| Vomiting | Yes | 13 (26.5) | 158 (44.5) | 171 (42.3) |
| No | 36 (73.5) | 197 (55.5) | 233 (57.7) | |
| Chills | Yes | 15 (30.6) | 80 (22.5) | 95 (23.5) |
| No | 34 (69.4) | 275 (77.5) | 309 (76.5) | |
| Tenesmus | Yes | 18 (36.7) | 103 (29.0) | 121 (30.0) |
| No | 31 (63.3) | 252 (71.0) | 283 (70.0) | |
| Abdominal pain | Yes | 42 (85.7) | 290 (81.7) | 332 (82.2) |
| No | 7 (14.3) | 65 (18.3) | 72 (17.8) | |
| Headache | Yes | 26 (53.1) | 132 (37.2) | 158 (39.1) |
| No | 23 (46.9) | 223 (62.8) | 246 (60.9) | |
| Muscle aches | Yes | 8 (16.3) | 58 (16.3) | 66 (16.3) |
| No | 41 (83.7) | 297 (83.7) | 338 (83.7) | |
| Fever | Yes | 25 (51.0) | 149 (42.0) | 174 (43.1) |
| No | 24 (49.0) | 206 (58.0) | 230 (56.9) | |
| Total | 49 (100.0) | 355 (100.0) | 404 (100.0) | |