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How do you get typhoid fever? where does it come from?
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Infectious Disease: TyphoidFever is caused by a Bacteria called Salmonela Typhi and is contacted by eating contaminated food that is handled by a person who is passing the bacteria in the feces and does not wash hands properly,And if there is sewage contamination in drinking water It is more common in countries where hand washing is not practiced and water is likely to be contaminated with sewage Not common in USA
Answered 3/29/2015
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