typhoid
Contaminated water illness
Typhoid is an infectious bacterial disease causing high fever, weakness, and intestinal inflammation, spread through contaminated food or water.
Before modern sanitation, typhoid epidemics devastated cities.
Typhoid Mary became shorthand for someone who spreads harm unwittingly, after a cook who infected dozens while showing no symptoms herself.
Elevated body temperature
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
- headacheCranial pain
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- constipationDifficult, infrequent waste elimination
diarrhea · bradycardia · delirium · anorexia · myalgia · leukopenia · fatigue · weakness
Transmission via ingested waste
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
Rod-shaped food-poisoning bacterium
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- bacillusCylindrical bacterial cell
- microorganismMicroscopic living entity
- endotoxinBacterial wall toxin
facultative · anaerobe · flagella · polysaccharide · biofilm · culture · incubation
Liquid refuse in drains
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- handwashingCleaning palms with soap
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
latrines · toilets · food-safety · disinfection · infrastructure
Protective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- injectableAdministered via needle
- preventionStopping something before occurring
immunity · prophylaxis · WHO · coverage
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- amoxicillinPenicillin-type bacteria killer
- azithromycinMacrolide antibacterial medication
- ciprofloxacinFluoroquinolone antimicrobial agent
- fluoroquinolonesSynthetic broad-spectrum antimicrobials
resistance · multidrug-resistant · rehydration · hospitalization · relapse · recovery
South Asian republic
- PakistanSouth Asian nation
- BangladeshSouth Asian republic
- waterborneCarried by liquid flow
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
poverty · overcrowding · WHO · surveillance
Study of blood antibodies
- leukopeniaLow white cell count
- PCRDNA amplification technique
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
fever
Elevated body temperature
constipation · diarrhea · bradycardia · delirium · anorexia · myalgia · leukopenia · fatigue · weakness
fecal-oral
Transmission via ingested waste
spread · exposure · shellfish · flies · person-to-person
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
Salmonella
Rod-shaped food-poisoning bacterium
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- bacillusCylindrical bacterial cell
- microorganismMicroscopic living entity
endotoxin · facultative · anaerobe · flagella · polysaccharide · biofilm · culture · incubation
sewage
Liquid refuse in drains
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- handwashingCleaning palms with soap
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
filtration · latrines · toilets · food-safety · disinfection · infrastructure
immunization
Protective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- injectableAdministered via needle
prevention · immunity · prophylaxis · WHO · coverage
antibiotics
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- amoxicillinPenicillin-type bacteria killer
- azithromycinMacrolide antibacterial medication
- ciprofloxacinFluoroquinolone antimicrobial agent
fluoroquinolones · resistance · multidrug-resistant · rehydration · hospitalization · relapse · recovery
India
South Asian republic
- PakistanSouth Asian nation
- BangladeshSouth Asian republic
- waterborneCarried by liquid flow
monsoon · poverty · overcrowding · WHO · surveillance
serology
Study of blood antibodies
- leukopeniaLow white cell count
- PCRDNA amplification technique
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- Gut Infectionsgastroenteritis, intestinal infection, food poisoning, dysentery, traveler's diarrhea
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, combat medicine
- tropical diseasesmalaria, dengue, cholera, yellow fever, leprosy
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
- health issuescancer, asthma, diabetes, cholera, heart disease
typhoidhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · clean bill of health · disease-free · uninfected
- typhoid feverSalmonella typhi infection
- Typhoid MaryInfectious but symptom-free spreader
- typhoid vaccineInoculation against enteric fever