2006-08-17 05:33:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Typhoid fever (or enteric fever) is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Common worldwide, it is transmitted by ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person.[1] The bacteria then multiply in the blood stream of the infected person and are absorbed into the digestive tract and eliminated with the waste.
so yes
2006-08-17 05:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Do a web search on "Typhoid Mary" to answer this question with a tragic bit of history. Mary Mallon was a food worker (she worked as a cook) in the early 1900s who was responsible for several outbreaks of typhoid. She was a carrier of typhoid who did not have any obvious symptoms but spread the condition wherever she worked.
2006-08-17 12:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few people can become carriers of S. typhi and continue to shed the bacteria in their feces for years, spreading the disease.
Please see the webpages for more details on Typhoid fever.
2006-08-17 13:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is typhoid like margarine or butter?
2006-08-17 12:38:34 · answer #4 · answered by Hermit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean typhoid fever?
yes
2006-08-17 12:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff Zhang (J-Z) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is. you can get it from dirty stagnaited water. mostly little kids get it because after it floods or rains the kids go and play in the water that is lft after the rain.
2006-08-17 12:42:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spreads through contaminated food and water
2006-08-17 13:58:47 · answer #7 · answered by KingRichard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋