typhoid bacillus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of typhoid bacillus
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Reason for the project: Japanese soil has been heavily fertilized with night soil for centuries; vegetables grown in such farmland are fresh but may harbor disease-producing bacteria like the typhoid bacillus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nowadays, the typhoid bacillus is "literally no longer a problem" to Dr. Leslie A. Chambers, research director of the center.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inoculation of such a carrier is wholly ineffective in destroying the typhoid bacillus which makes him a menace to society.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are more highly pathogenic for the lower animals than is the typhoid bacillus, but apparently somewhat less pathogenic for man.
From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes
It is possible for the fly to carry the typhoid bacillus in two ways.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
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