[Typhus morbidity in Germany. Individual case reports 1996-2000].

The number of cases of typhoid fever has decreased in recent years in Germany. In 2000 77 cases were reported (in 1999:111). Most of the cases (84%) were imported from abroad. Travellers can contract the infection when travelling under conditions of poor hygiene in endemic regions. The risk of contracting typhoid fever is high on the Indian subcontinent. Adequate prophylactic measures are the only way to reduce the importation of typhoid fever to Germany.