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Rheumatic fever is a disease caused by a group of bacteria known as Group A streptococcus (pronounced STREP-tuh-cac-us).

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Is typhoid fever caused by bacteria virus or parasite?

Bacteria Virus


Is typhoid an active virus?

Typhoid is not caused by a virus. Typhoid is caused by a type of bacteria called as salmonella typhi. It is gram negative bacillus type of bacteria.


What is in the injection for the disease for Typhoid?

none, it's a virus, not bacteria


Diseases such as cholera meningitis poliomyelitis and typhoid are usually attributed to?

They are all due to microorganisms or pathogens that infect the body. Poliomyelitis is caused by a virus while cholera, meningitis, and typhoid are caused by bacteria.


Is typhoid caused by bacteria?

Yes. typhoid is caused by bacteria. The name of the bacteria is Salmonella Typhi.


What is salmonella typhi?

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


Is sight affected by typhoid?

You have bacteremia ( bacteria in the blood stream) in the first week of typhoid fever. Typhoid bacteria can settle any where. Eye can be affected by typhoid fever.


Is scarlett fever a virus or a bacteria?

Typhoid or Typhoid fever is an infection that causes diarrhea and a rash -- most commonly due to a type of bacteria called Salmonella typhi. Sometimes confused with Typhus, which is caused by one of two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia prowazekii.


What is the injection for typhoid?

You have many brands for typhoid injections made from surface antigen of typhoid bacteria.


What is the organism causing Typhoid?

Typhoid is caused by Salmonella typhi bacteria.


Does typhoid bacteria have multiple cells?

Typhoid bacteria is unicellular like other bacteria. Also that, they do not found in clusters like staphylococci or in chains like streptococci.


What is etiology of typhoid fever?

Typhoid fever is caused by salmonella typhi bacteria.