Causative agent: Feces of an infected person or salmonella enterica enterica
Type of causative agent: Bacteria
Symptoms include:First week- Fever, profuse sweating, a rash of flat, rose colored dots on skin, nose bleeds, abdomonal pain, headache and cough. Second week- High fever, delirium, Diarrhea. Third week- Intestinal hemorrhage, Intestinal perforation, neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Treatment include: many different antibiotics or oral rehydration therapy.
Prevention: Sanitation and hygiene are the critical measures that can be taken to prevent typhoid. Careful food preparation and washing of hands are crucial to preventing typhoid.
Lifecylce: No vectors, The mode of transmission is human to human because animals cant get Typhoid fever.
More likely to get Typhoid fever in Nigeria than in the US because of the unsanitary conditions, but still both countries have cases.
Typhoid Fever