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• n  serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

• Warsaw has suffered from typhoid fever, a disease quite different from typhus, transmitted by typhoid bacilli which lodge in human excrement, food, water.
• Detroit's worst typhoid epidemic in ten years began last month after a wedding reception at the Highland Park Baptist Church.
• Mary Mallon, a peripatetic cook, was a famed typhoid carrier, i.

• typhoid fever
• enteric fever

News & Articles

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• Biochemical role of crucial TonB protein in bacterial iron transport and pathogenesis
  Scientists have discovered the role of the membrane protein TonB in bacteria that cause a wide variety of diseases, including typhoid fever, plague, meningitis and dysentery. Results may lead to new and improved human and animal antibiotics.
  July 2, 2013 - Science Daily
• Study Finds Biochemical Role of Crucial TonB Protein in Bacterial Iron Transport and Pathogenesis
  Scientists have discovered the role of the membrane protein TonB in bacteria that cause a wide variety of diseases, including typhoid fever, plague, meningitis and dysentery. Results may lead to new and improved human and animal antibiotics.
  July 1, 2013 - Newswise