Glossary of Medical and Health Terms

Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever or bilious fever, is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar typhi. Common worldwide, it is transmitted by the fecal-oral route - the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person. The bacteria then multiply in the blood stream of the infected person and are absorbed into the digestive tract and eliminated with the waste. The organism is a Gram-negative short bacillus that is motile due to its peritrichous flagella.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever

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