typhoid fever

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typhoid fever (countable and uncountable, plural typhoid fevers)

(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

Synonyms: abdominal typhus, (archaic) drain fever, enteric fever, (shortened form) typhoid

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According to statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the chlorination of drinking water has led to dramatic decreases in the transmission of typhoid fever in the United States. Source: Internet

As the ship came through Port Phillip Heads in 1840, it was either typhus, spread - like the plague - by fleas, or typhoid fever, from contaminated water or food. Source: Internet

Beset with typhoid fever, Frankl avoids complete collapse by focusing on reconstructing his book on small pieces of paper. Source: Internet

On November 6, Stuart received sad news by telegram that his daughter Flora had died just before her fifth birthday of typhoid fever on November 3. Wert, pp. 179–83. Source: Internet

Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1941 for example Salmonella typhi-murium (mouse typhoid fever), S. cholerae-suis. Source: Internet

He contracted typhoid fever in Florida and stayed there to recuperate, never seeing combat. Source: Internet

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