The frequency of Vi-phage types and fermentative types according to Kristensen's scheme was studied among 1,150 strains of Salmonella typhi isolated from different areas in Brazil (states of Pará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul). The most prevalent phage types encountered in this study were: A (38.1%); Ela (18.9%), D6 (8.7%), T (2.3%) and C1 (2.1%), including categories of untypable strains (group I + IV-4.6%), and Vi negative (16.6%). There was,however, some types characteristics of particular areas (B3, C4, 40 from Bahia; Elb, F2,G1, L1 from São Paulo; E4 and 28 from Rio de Janeiro). In respect to the biochemical classification, 55.2% of the strains were classified as a biotype II (xylose and arabinose negative), 44,2% as of type I (xylose positive and negative0 and 0.52% as a type III (xylose and arabinose positive), respectively.