A Study of Epidemic of Typhoid Fever in the Souf Oasis (Eastern South of Algeria).

摘要

ABSTRACT In this study, we followed the spatiotemporal and demographic development of typhoid fever disease in the oasis of Souf, by analyzing the details of 723 confirmed cases during the period extended from 1998 to 2015. The results of the study showed that, among the 18 towns of Souf, the most affected ones were Reguiba and El-Oued. Furthermore, nearly 60% of all recorded cases were during the period that extended from2005 to 2008. From a demographic perspective, we found that the age of th.