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Origin of typhoid
Explanation
One of the worst infectious diseases in the world is typhoid. If Salmonella typhosa is in your food or water, you could catch typhoid. Typhoid consists of intestinal inflammation plus ulceration: that means your stomach is going to hurt, and you will probably spend a lot of time in the bathroom (possibly experiencing distress at both ends of your body). Typhoid often occurs in places with poor sanitation.
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It’s a particularly exuberant tortoise nicknamed Typhoid Mary, who got the nickname because she harbors a contagious bacteria that causes upper respiratory tract disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
Typhoid fever causes more than 9 million illnesses and at least 110,000 deaths worldwide every year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024
“At the beginning, really, we were just going about living our lives as normal people, and all of a sudden, we were sort of Typhoid Mary in Newsweek magazine,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022
“The criticism isn’t just from the press, but the general public. I mean, my social media feed is all about the Trumps and their inner circle acting like modern-day Typhoid Marys.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020
Typhoid fever may be likewise propagated in consequence of the contamination of the atmosphere by the typhoid poison.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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