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  2. Typhoid fever - Wikipedia

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    Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. [2] [3] Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. [4] [5] Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. [4]

  3. Rickettsia typhi - Wikipedia

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    Rickettsia typhi is a small, aerobic, obligate intracellular, rod shaped, gram negative bacterium. [1] R. typhi is a zoonotic bacterium that is recognized as a biocontainment level 2/3 organism (dependent upon the tissue being worked with).

  4. History of typhoid fever - Wikipedia

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    During the American Civil War, 81,360 Union soldiers died of typhoid or dysentery, far more than died of battle wounds. [25] In the late 19th century, the typhoid fever mortality rate in Chicago averaged 65 per 100,000 people a year. The worst year was 1891, when the typhoid death rate was 174 per 100,000 people. [26]

  5. Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads worldwide

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    Typhoid is contracted by drinking or eating contaminated matter and symptoms include nausea, fever, abdominal pain and pink spots on the chest. Drug-resistant 'superbug' strain of typhoid spreads ...

  6. Category:Typhoid fever - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Typhoid fever" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You Haven't ... - AOL

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    How to get diagnosed and treated If you have any of the symptoms above, get to an emergency department. If you've had them, and they've gone away on their own, don't blow it off: speak to your doctor.

  8. Category : Deaths from typhoid fever in the United States

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    Pages in category "Deaths from typhoid fever in the United States" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total.

  9. 1964 Aberdeen typhoid outbreak - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, there was an outbreak of typhoid in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.The first two cases were identified on 20 May 1964; eventually over 400 cases were diagnosed and the patients were quarantined at the City Hospital in Urquhart Road, Woodend Hospital in Eday Road, and Tor-na-Dee Hospital in Milltimber which was used as an overflow hospital for typhoid cases. [1]