Research findings carried out by native and foreign experts have revealed that the epidemic that broke out in the form of fever in Chitwan two months back was “Typhoid”.
After the local medical experts failed to address the problem of recurring fever in patients, four Thai experts and two Nepali experts from the Armed Force Research Institute Of Medical Sciences, Thailand were invited by the Nepali health officials to look into the matter.
The team of experts collected the blood samples of 98 patients, stool samples of 10 patients along with 14 water samples from Ward No: 14 of Bharatpur Municipality and sent it to Bangkok for laboratory examinations two weeks back.
The findings of the blood culture carried out have revealed that the blood of the patients contained 34 Salmonella Typhi. The report has clearly stated that the blood samples did not contain any Malaria.
Initially there was widespread confusion whether the fever that broke out in Chitwan was Malaria or Typhoid. nepalnews.com am July 12