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 Typhoid fever is a life-threatening
illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Typhoid fever is
still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5
million persons each year.
Bacillary infection transmitted via
feces.
Symptoms
Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever to 105 degrees, blinding
headache, cough, exhaustion. Patches of red on the abdomen. Symptoms
can last for weeks. Complications include pneumonia, intestinal
hemorrhage, and coma.
Salmonella Typhi lives only in humans.
Persons with typhoid fever carry the bacteria in their bloodstream
and intestinal tract.
How can you avoid typhoid fever? Two
basic actions can protect you from typhoid fever:
Diseases
Dysentery
Ergotism Gonorrhea
Leprosy Malaria
Plague Smallpox
Typhoid
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