Table 1. Overview of Index patients obtained from the HDSS catchment area during the surveillance period.

	n = 42
Demographic data
Age in months (median (IQR))	21 (12–41)
Age in years (median (IQR))	1.8 (1.0–3.4)
Male (n (%))	23 (52.8)
Temperature (median (IQR))	39.2 (38.0–39.6)
Pulse (median (IQR))	131 (107–149)
Systolic BP (median (IQR))	96.5 (85–110)
Diastolic BP (median (IQR))	57.5 (49.0–72.0)
Co-infections
Malaria positive (n (%))	18 (42.8)
Malaria–density/μL (median (IQR))	6479 (2248–40775)
HIV (n (%))	2 (4.8)
Serotype distribution
Salmonella Typhimurium (n (%))	33 (78.6)
Salmonella Enteritidis (n (%))	7 (16.7)
Other iNTS serotypes (n (%))	2 (4.8)