LITERATURE REVIEWEnteric Fever also known as Typhoid Fever Is an acute infectious disease that produces fever, stupor, enlarge spleen and intestinal inflammation in the individual. Is a serious systemic infection caused by gram negative bacteria; salmonella enterica serotype typhi and salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi.ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Derrer","given":"David T","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"MedicineNet","id":"ITEM-1","issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]},"page":"2","title":"Typhoid Fever Causes, Symptoms, …
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LITERATURE REVIEWEnteric Fever also known as Typhoid Fever Is an acute infectious disease that produces fever, stupor, enlarge spleen and intestinal inflammation in the individual. Is a serious systemic infection caused by gram negative bacteria; salmonella enterica serotype typhi and salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi.ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Derrer","given":"David T","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"MedicineNet","id":"ITEM-1","issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]},"page":"2","title":"Typhoid Fever Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Vaccine","type":"article"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=99bb17f2-7a6c-4ca9-ac49-5e251e1a87e5"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(Derrer, 2015)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(Derrer, 2015)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(Derrer, 2015)"},"properties":{"noteIndex":0},"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"}(Derrer, 2015) The disease is endemic to low-and- middle income countries. It is more common in the continents of Asia and Africa due to inadequate hygiene and the lack of safe drinking water. It is transmitted through the oral/fecal route. The microorganisms colonize the small intestine, invade the gastrointestinal mucosa and then spread to the liver, spleen and bone marrow. The severity of the infection depends on the initial infective dose, virulence and the host immune response...
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