Typhoid Fever
Abbi, Acacia, and Tianna
How the disease is transmitted
You can get the disease by eating foods or drinking beverages that have been exposed to Salmonella Typhi.
Source: www.cdc.gov
The symptoms of the disease
Some of the symptoms are fever, feeling ill, abdominal pain. When it worsens temperatures can reach up to 103 degrees F and severe diarrhea.
Source: www.nlm.nih.gov
How is the disease treated?
You can treat it with antibiotics that kill the Salmonella bacteria.
Source: www.webmd.com
Ways to prevent this diseease
You can get two vaccinations to prevent the disease. One vaccination is a killed vaccine gotten as a shot, and the other is a live vaccine which you put in your mouth.
Sources: www.mayoclinc.org
4 interesting facts about the disease
- Wilbur Wright died of the fever.
- It is treatable but it can't be cured.
- 70% of people who were infected were infected by international traveling.
- The incubation period was from 3 days to 3 months.
Typhoid fever in the body
Salmonella Bacteria in water
Salmonella Bacteria in the body
Typhoid Fever