Table 1.
Enrollment Location | Inclusion Criteria |
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Outpatient department | A patient presenting to the outpatient department (including emergency department) with a self-reported history of fever for ≥3 consecutive days within the last 7 days and living within the defined catchment area |
Inpatient department | A patient admitted to the hospital with a clinical suspicion or a confirmed diagnosis of enteric fever at any time during hospitalization |
Hospital laboratory | A patient with blood culture–confirmed Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi A |
Surgical department | A patient with a nontraumatic ileal perforation, even in the absence of laboratory confirmation, with no other known etiology |
Laboratory network sites | A patient with blood culture–confirmed Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi A |