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Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection. It’s commonly caused by the bacteria salmonella typhi. Some common symptoms are bloody stool, chills, confusion, attention deficit, delirium, changing in mood, hallucinations, nosebleeds, severe fatigue, and weakness. It is sometimes acquired from salmonella typhi. This is spread through contaminated foods, drinks, and water. Some forms of treatment are taking antibiotics. The fatality rate of this disease is around 10%. This rate should be around 1% if the people take the right antibiotics though. The diagnosis of this disease is from doing certain tests to see if the salmonella typhi, such as blood tests, bone marrow tests, and stool tests.



Outline: Typhoid Fever I. The disease is called Typhoid Fever II. Caused by a. Salmonella Typhi b. Contaminated foods c. Contaminated drinks/water III. Symptoms a. Bloody stool b. Chills c. Confusion d. Attention deficit e. Delirium f. Mood swings g. Hallucinations h. Nosebleeds i. Weakness IV. One can acquire this disease by a. Eating off of un-sanitized areas b. Not cooking foods well enough c. Or drinking dirty water that can be contaminated V. Diagnoses can be done by doing certain tests of a. Blood b. Bone marrow c. Stool VI. One is affected by typhoid fever by a. Having bloody stool b. Being dizzy c. Confusion d. Delirium e. Mood swings f. Hallucinations VII. Taking certain antibiotics can be a good treatment for Typhoid fever. VIII. You can live a normal life after typhoid fever a. Of course the symptoms are a bit harsh it isn’t often fatal IX. The mortality rate of Typhoid fever is normally at 10% a. With the proper antibiotics taken that rate can be dropped to 1% Works Cited Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “Typhoid Fever.” //http://www.cdc.gov///‌//ncidod///‌//dbmd///‌//diseaseinfo///‌//typhoidfever_g.htm//. USA.gov, 2005. Web. 13 Mar. 2010. . National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “ Salmonella Infections .” //http://www.nlm.nih.gov///‌//medlineplus///‌//salmonellainfections.html//. N.p., 12 Mar. 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2010. . WebMD, ed. “Typhoid Fever.” //http://www.webmd.com///‌//a-to-z-guides///‌//typhoid-fever//. WebMD, 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2010. .