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9780791074640

Typhoid Fever

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791074640

  • ISBN10:

    0791074641

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-01-01
  • Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
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Summary

Provides the history of typhoid fever and discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as how it will be controled in the future.

Table of Contents

Foreword
David Heymann, World Health Organization
6(2)
1. Historical Overview 8(10)
2. Causes of Typhoid Fever 18(12)
3. Guess Who Came to Lunch! 30(6)
4. I've Got a Fever. Is it Typhoid? 36(12)
5. Treating Typhoid Fever 48(8)
6. Preventing Typhoid Fever 56(10)
7. The Problems of Antibiotic Resistance 66(12)
8. Future Concerns 78(10)
9. Hopes for the Future 88(12)
Glossary 100(6)
Notes 106(1)
Bibliography 107(6)
Websites 113(1)
Index 114

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Despite the early history, the name Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) will always be linked with typhoid fever. A disease usually associated with contaminated food or water, typhoid is almost unknown in industrialized societies, but it continues to be a scourge in areas of high population density in the less developed nations of the world.

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