Guidance

Typhoid and paratyphoid: public health guidance and questionnaires

Guidance and questionnaires to support public health practitioners in managing cases and identifying the sources of typhoid or paratyphoid (enteric fever).

Applies to England

Documents

Public health operational guidelines for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric fever)

Algorithms for the local response to cases of typhoid and paratyphoid infection

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Template letter for contacts of a case of enteric fever

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Typhoid factsheet

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Enteric fever questionnaire

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Enteric fever online questionnaire instructions

Additional trawling questionnaire

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Microbiological clearance form

Details

This guidance supports public health practitioners to:

  • identify the sources of typhoid or paratyphoid infection
  • reduce the risks of secondary transmission

Use this guidance in conjunction with the accompanying template letter and factsheet, and the enteric fever enhanced surveillance questionnaire.

A previous version of the enteric fever questionnaire and online questionnaire instructions were published by Public Health England.

Updates to this page

Published 28 February 2012
Last updated 3 January 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated microbiological clearance form and clarified wording in 'Clearance for public health purposes' section in the public health operational guidelines.

  2. Added instructions for enteric fever online questionnaire, and link to archived content from Public Health England.

  3. Added 2023 guidance and updated forms.

  4. Updated guidelines and template letter.

  5. First published.

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