Please find resources and information to describe the following concepts about your disease:
1. What is the cause of the disease?(What organism causes it?)
Transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi
Describe the organism (What type of organism is it?) What is it’s life cycle?)Salmonella typhi bacteria is the cause of the disease.After the ingestion of contaminated food or water, the Salmonella bacteria invade the small intestine and enter the bloodstream temporarily
2. What is the mechanism of the disease? (howdoes the organism cause the disease.? How does it get into the human body? How does it grow?)- People with typhoid fever carry the bacteria in their bloodstream and intestinal tract. The germ is spread by eating or drinking foods contained with feces.
3. How do medical personnel diagnose the disease? (what are the symptomsof the disease? How does it damage the body?)
Symptoms may be mild or severe and may include fever, headache, constipation or diarrhea, rose-colored spots on the trunk and an enlarged spleen and liver. Relapses are common. Fatalities are less than 1 percent with antibiotic treatment 4. How can the disease be prevented? (Name specific steps that people can take to prevent becoming infected by the disease) Early symptoms include fever, general ill-feeling, and abdominal pain. A high (typically over 103 degrees Fahrenheit) fever and severe diarrhea occur as the disease gets worse.
Remember that you will need to complete your vaccination at least 1-2 weeks (dependent upon vaccine type) before you travel so that the vaccine has time to take effect. Typhoid vaccines lose effectiveness after several years; if you were vaccinated in the past, check with your doctor to see if it is time for a booster vaccination.5. What treatment(s) is (are) available for this disease.?Specific antibiotics such as, ampicillin,trimethroprim-sulfametoxazole,are often used to treat cases of typhoid.6. What is known about the history of the disease.? (who discovered the disease; who found a cure for it; who is most susceptible to the disease; where the disease is most common, etc.) Around 430-424 BC, a devastating plague, which some believe to have been typhoid feverm killed one third of the population of Athens.7. How did (does) this disease affect society & culture in the places where it was (is) found? It's common in most places of the world except industrialized regions such as United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan.
1. What is the cause of the disease?(What organism causes it?)
Transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi
Describe the organism (What type of organism is it?) What is it’s life cycle?)Salmonella typhi bacteria is the cause of the disease.After the ingestion of contaminated food or water, the Salmonella bacteria invade the small intestine and enter the bloodstream temporarily
2. What is the mechanism of the disease? (howdoes the organism cause the disease.? How does it get into the human body? How does it grow?)- People with typhoid fever carry the bacteria in their bloodstream and intestinal tract. The germ is spread by eating or drinking foods contained with feces.
3. How do medical personnel diagnose the disease? (what are the symptomsof the disease? How does it damage the body?)
Remember that you will need to complete your vaccination at least 1-2 weeks (dependent upon vaccine type) before you travel so that the vaccine has time to take effect. Typhoid vaccines lose effectiveness after several years; if you were vaccinated in the past, check with your doctor to see if it is time for a booster vaccination.5. What treatment(s) is (are) available for this disease.?Specific antibiotics such as, ampicillin,trimethroprim-sulfametoxazole,are often used to treat cases of typhoid.6. What is known about the history of the disease.? (who discovered the disease; who found a cure for it; who is most susceptible to the disease; where the disease is most common, etc.) Around 430-424 BC, a devastating plague, which some believe to have been typhoid feverm killed one third of the population of Athens.7. How did (does) this disease affect society & culture in the places where it was (is) found? It's common in most places of the world except industrialized regions such as United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan.