Typhoid fever
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Typhoid fever (or enteric fever) is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Common worldwide, it is transmitted by ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person.
The agent [edit]
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Salmonella typhi bacteria
The disease [edit]
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Worldwide incidence
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World Map showing locations of typhoid fever outbreaks
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rose spots
Related Material [edit]
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"Typhoid Mary" was forcibly quarantined as a carrier of typhoid fever in 1907.
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Article about Typhoid Mary. Typhoid fever[Salmonella typhi]. "Tphoid Mary" was named that because she had been a carrier of typhoid fever! She had been fighting and saying that she isnt a carier. Read on and find out more of what she has been though and everything! Thanks for reding EMILY K.
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Unsanitary conditions led to an outbreak in Mauritius in 1980
