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Table 1.

Abbreviations in the Case-Fatality Ratio Calculation

Deaths

Hospitalized case(s)

Nonhospitalized case(s)

Enteric fever

P (D|H)

Probability of deaths among hospitalized enteric fever patients

P (D|NH)

Probability of deaths among nonhospitalized enteric fever patients

P (H|EF)

Probability of hospitalization among enteric fever patients

P (NH|EF)

Probability of nonhospitalization among enteric fever patients

Ratio of febrile deaths in the hospital compared to febrile deaths outside the hospital