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typhoid ˈtīˌfoid also typhoid fever n.an infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation.
typhoidal adj.
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Typhoid Fever: Vaccination Failures.
Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert; 6/1/2000; 700+ words
; Typhoid Fever: Vaccination Failures Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: Three commercial typhoid fever vaccines are available, yet data...have been lacking. The occurrence of typhoid fever in a group of travelers to Indonesia...
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Typhoid fever.(Opinion)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...bowels.2. An eruption on the skin.3. Another sign and symptom of rheumatic fever is the onset of the typoid fever is milder than most fevers. In typhoid fever, the patient may go about his work for a week or so till the progress of the disease...
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Is Typhoid Fever is On the Increase?
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 2/12/2002; 700+ words
; Freetown, Feb 12, 2002 Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonella...which is the only way of getting typhoid fever. You eat human faeces in food...consult a doctor for treatment. Typhoid fever is curable as long as you go for...
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Rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Medical Research; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluation of Typhidot test for typhoid fever in this issue1, emphasizes the significance of the rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever and evaluates the Typhidot...and reliable diagnostic test for typhoid fever as an alternative to the Widal...
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Diagnostic methods for typhoid fever in Nigeria
Magazine article from: British Journal of Biomedical Science; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...10/14; mean age: 33) had typhoid fever as a result of S. typhi infection...for the definitive diagnosis of typhoid fever. The poor management of febrile...conditions in Nigeria, of which typhoid fever is one. This study aims...
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Typhoid Fever: Which Travelers Have High Risk?
Newspaper article from: Travel Medicine Advisor; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; Typhoid Fever: Which Travelers Have High Risk? Abstract...respectively. Comment by Lin H. Chen, MD Typhoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium...role in the future for the diagnosis of typhoid fever. A recent analysis of the global burden...
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Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in typhoid fever case, Pakistan.(Dispatches)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a typhoid fever patient at a tertiary care hospital...case of ciprofloxacin-resistant typhoid fever was reported in 1992 in the United...fluoroquinolone treatment failure in typhoid fever is apparent in this case. According...
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Adults' perceived prevalence of enteric fever predicts laboratory-validated incidence of typhoid fever in children.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Health Population and Nutrition; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to predict the incidence of typhoid in children based on adults...perception of prevalence of enteric fever in the wider community. Typhoid cases among children, aged...incidence of an illness, such as typhoid fever for which clinical symptoms...
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Study of Clinical Profile and Antibiotic Response in Typhoid Fever.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...drugs used in the treatment of typhoid fever. A retrospective analysis of adult patients suffering from typhoid fever was done at Kasturba Medical...the first line of treatment of typhoid fever. However, over the last few years...
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Health: Poor sanitation source of typhoid fever: Hectic measures needed to check it.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 5/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...People are advised to beware of typhoid fever this season. As the summer months...Salmonella typhi bacteria. The fever is common in the developing world...for 70% of all fatalities from typhoid fever. Typhoid affects 20 million individuals...
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Typhoid Fever
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Typhoid fever Typhoid fever is a severe infection causing a sustained high fever, and caused...cavity, called peritonitis, which is frequently a fatal outcome of typhoid fever. Other complications of typhoid fever include liver and spleen enlargement...
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typhoid fever
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
typhoid fever acute, generalized infection caused by...handlers who are carriers. The symptoms of typhoid appear 10 to 14 days after infection...is the most effective drug in combating typhoid, and in very toxic patients a cortisone...
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Typhoid
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
TYPHOID Typhoid, or enteric, fever...typhi . Paratyphoid fever is closely related...severe. The enteric fevers have an incubation...There is a low fever and severe toxemia...may be invaded. Typhoid is fatal in about...
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Typhoid Mary
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...x2013; 1938), known as Typhoid Mary, was an itinerant domestic...un-known). She probably had typhoid fever in 1899 and made an apparently complete...she was a symptomless carrier of typhoid bacilli, presumably from a nidus...
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typhoid
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
typhoid ˈtīˌfoid also typhoid fever n.an infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation. typhoidal adj.
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