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It is an acute illness associated with fever that is most often caused by the Salmonella typhoid and paratyphoid bacteria which is a bacterium that usually leads to a less severe illness.

The bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar typhi. Typhoid Fever is sometimes called Enteric Fever. See Wikipedia link below.

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Typhoid is caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi, which is a rod- shaped bacteria.
Typhoid fever bacteria (Salmonella typhi)causes the life-threatening illness known as typhoid fever. In the United States, only about 400 cases of typhoid fever occur each year, but the illness is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million people annually.
Typhoid fever (also known as Enteric fever) is caused by a strain of "Salmonella" bacteria (Salmonellae typhi) when they are spread through the body by the white blood cells that attempted to destroy them. Salmonella are ingested from contaminated food or water and enter the body through the intestinal tract. Symptoms include general fever, headache, body ache, and fatigue. Increased heart rate can occur. Complications include infections, pneumonia, and intestinal bleeding.
An early treatment was the drug chloramphenicol, but today the treatment is with any of a number of antibiotics. After treatment, a small minority of infected persons become carriers of the disease.
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Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella typhii, a gram negative bacteria usually transmitted by food or hands contaminated with fecal material.

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It is caused by consuming tainted food or drink containing the disease.

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typhiod is a diases from the Holocaust and it caused by drinking contaminated water

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What is salmonella typhi?

It is the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever. It is the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever.


When is typhoid most commonly spread?

Typhoid fever spreads most commonly in rainy season. Typhoid can spread through contaminated water and by houseflies, which are abundant in rainy season.


Can typhoid spread?

No, typhoid is spread via the ingestion of food and drink contaminated with fecal matter from an infected individual. if you suspect you have typhoid, please see a doctor.


What do houseflies spread?

cholera,dysentery and typhoid


What insect vector may spread typhoid?

Humans are one (ex. Typhoid Mary)


What are the causes and effects of human excreta caused diseases?

Typhoid,and Cholera are spread by water borne bacteria caused by humans drinking contaminated water.


What sort of micro-organism is typhoid?

Salmonella typhii causes typhoid fever.


Dysentery typhoid fever and salmonella can be spread by?

flies


How typhoid germ spread out?

typhoid fever is caused by bacterial infection, generally of the salmonella bacteria. this is most often spread by the ingestion of feces-contaminated food and/or water.


Is typhoid caused by mosquitoes?

No, it's spread by consumption of food or water that has fecal matter on or in it, from a person infected with typhoid.


How does boiling water stop the spread of typhoid?

Typhoid bacteria is often spread through water and cannot survive high temperatures like the 100oC of boiling water so by boiling the water the typhoid bacteria is killed and the chance of transmission is reduced.


How is typhoid srped?

Typhoid is spread by either, bowel movements not being treated correctly or somebody that has it handles something you use.