Typhoid and paratyphoid are bacterial infections of the intestinal tract and bloodstream. The bacterium responsible for typhoid is called Salmonella typhi and the bacterium responsible for paratyphoid is Salmonella paratyphi. Transmission Transmission is faecal-oral, this is food and/or water becomes infected through direct faecal contamination or by germs carried on inadequately washed hands. Flies can … Continue reading Typhoid Fever