Dr Ankita Baidya and Dr Avi Kumar explain how they differentiate between a common cold, dengue, or typhoid. Here are the ...

Although the monsoon provides much-needed respite from the summer heat, it also fosters an environment that is conducive to ...

Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is a bacterial infection with the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. It is usually spread through food or drink that has been contaminated with ...

Monsoon flooding, contaminated groundwater, and neglected water filters are driving rising typhoid cases across India. Learn ...

About 15% of patients with typhoid fever develop serious neurological complications, including delirium and seizures, that are collectively described as acute encephalopathy. Until now, however, ...

Ghana has just experienced its heaviest monthly rainfall since 1995, with severe flooding across Accra and surrounding ...

Background: Although enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fevers) is a major global public health problem, comparable data on the risks of contracting travel-associated enteric fever in various ...

(Phys.org)—Salmonella typhi is a particularly nasty bacterium that targets only humans and causes typhoid fever, which kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. In a new study appearing in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever are clinically indistinguishable and produce the syndrome known as enteric ...

Researchers have identified a metabolite 'signature' that can accurately distinguish typhoid from other fever-inducing tropical diseases using patient blood samples. Researchers have identified a ...

Infection with an antimicrobial-resistant strain of typhoid fever among patients in the United States is associated with international travel, especially to the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, ...

Although typhoid fever, caused by infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (often called S. typhi), long ago ceased to be a public health problem in industrialized countries, it is still a ...