Typhoid is NOT a common as it used to be.
Yes. Typhoid fever is common there.
as many as 1 every 3 people get typhoid fever
as many as 1 every 3 people get typhoid fever
Typhoid fever is very uncommon in USA. You get few cases of typhoid among the travellers and immigrants. Typhoid is a curiosity in USA.
Typhoid is the common name. I have never heard of it called anything else.
Typhoid fever was not very common in the 1940's. As a matter of fact, the fatality cases caused by typhoid fever in the 40's was less than 15%. It was mild in the 1940's.
Peritonitis is a frequent cause of death from typhoid fever.
bacteria
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It is fairly common to have typhoid bacteria in your stool for one or two weeks after you get the typhoid fever. Most chronic carriers have got the typhoid bacteria in their gall bladder. They pass them via stool, periodically.
In the United States, most patients who contract typhoid fever have recently returned from travel to another country where typhoid is much more common, including Mexico, Peru, Chile, India, and Pakistan.
it was very mild and contagious