Typhoid fever arises from infection with a bacteria called Salmonella typhii. This bacterial strain is primarily spread via the feco-oral route. The bacteria are passed from the body of an infected ...

Common in many parts of the world, it spreads through contaminated food and water. The tricky part? Its symptoms can be mistaken for many other illnesses. The symptoms of typhoid fever can sneak up on ...

A Los Angeles Police Department employee has been diagnosed with typhoid. The LAPD confirmed the diagnosis in a statement issued Thursday, saying that the employee contracted salmonella typhi, the ...

Typhoid fever presents itself with symptoms that are almost similar to malaria and dengue fever. [iStockphoto] I have seen many cases of typhoid disease. Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is ...

Typhus and typhoid fever are two different conditions. At least one officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has contracted the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, Salmonella typhi, and another ...

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A day care center in Massachusetts has been temporarily closed after a child was diagnosed with typhoid fever. One child at Bright Horizons day care and pre-school center in North Quincy was diagnosed ...

Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and a member of the joint staff, University of the Witwatersrand Lucille Blumberg works for South Africa's National Institute of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police detective has been diagnosed with typhoid fever, a rare illness typically spread through contaminated food or water, and at least five other officers who work ...