RT Book, Section
A1 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141966322
T1 Diseases Spread by Food and Water
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141966322
RD 2024/04/23
AB Typhoid  fever  is  an  acute,  life-threatening,  febrile  illness  caused  by  the  bacterium  Salmonella  subspecies  enterica  serotype  Typhi.  Because  humans  are  the  only  known  natural  host  for  Salmonella  Typhi,  fecal-oral  transmission  through  contaminated  food  and  water  is  the  most  common  mode  of  infection.  In  the  United  States,  about  300  cases  are  reported  each  year,  and  the  majority  of  these  are  acquired  while  traveling  internationally.1,2,3