Table 2

Agglutinating antibodies to Salmonella typhi ViI and S godesburg in sera from patients culture positive with S typhi and normal controls

Agglutination titrePatients (n = 73)Healthy controls (n = 8)
A titre of 1/40 was considered positive in routine serodiagnosis.
1/40S typhi ViI (Vi)42 (58%)3 (38%)
<1/40S godesburg (control)
1/40S typhi ViI (Vi)27 (37%)5 (62%)
1/40S godesburg (control)
<1/40S typhi ViI (Vi)4 (5%)0
<1/40S godesburg (control)