The notion in the most part of the country, especially the "uneducated" and rural dwellers, that every feeling of malaise is either caused by malaria or typhoid is wrong. This has transcended into the subconsciousness of a large chunk of the population; even the so-called "educated" people are not left out. This misconception has paved ways for all sorts of dubious people who practise under the cloak of doctors and swindle poor masses of their hard-earned money all in the name of treating malaria and typhoid after laboratory investigations. We see them in every almost every corner where they run their laboratory centres or even hospitals. Some medical doctors also patronize this form of disgusting quackery in the name of making fast money.

The most heart-rendering aspect is the use of the old-fashioned Widal test in the diagnosis of typhoid fever. This is only a screening test and is not used for definitive diagnosis. We are all aware of the scarce commodity called portable drinking water. Since most rural and some slum dwellers defecate in bushes or gutters, those amongst them who are infected with S. typhi will pass the organism to others as it follows a feco-oral route of infection...

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