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Abstract
A prolonged febrile illness commonly caused by several Paratyphi serotypes of SALMONELLA ENTERICA. It is similar to TYPHOID FEVER but less severe.
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- Fever, Paratyphoid
- Fevers, Paratyphoid
- Paratyphoid Fevers
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
specify Salmonella paratyphi species if possible (IM)
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History Note
92; was PARATYPHOID FEVERS 1963-91
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Paratyphoid Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010284. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010284
- Paratyphoid Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratyphoid_fever
- Paratyphoid Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705906