Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine:

The way through which health officials were able to identify the source of a typhoid epidemic.

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“Typhoid fever” is a transmissible disease that can spread from person to person, by taking contaminated food and water caused by urine or feces of carriers or acute cases. Signs and symptoms of typhoid fever can be subtle onset of persistent fever, malaises, constipation, headache, anorexia, splenomegaly, bradycardia and rose like spots on the trunk.

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Summary Introduction

To determine:

The way through which health officials end the epidemic short of removing the man from his job, as antibiotics were generally not available in 1937.

Case summary:

Typhoid is a fever that is caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica. This bacterium inhabits the intestines and blood capillaries of humans. Diagnostic tests used to detect pathogens present in contaminated foods, water and healthy human carriers. It can be an effective tool to control and prevent typhoid. Antibiotics are the only effective treatment for typhoid fever; however, drinking adequate water is also important during typhoid.

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