Diseases

Typhoid Fever

An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA.

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Abstract

An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Enteric Fever
  • Salmonella typhi Infection
  • Typhoid
  • Typhus, Abdominal
  • Abdominal Typhus
  • Enteric Fevers
  • Fever, Enteric
  • Fever, Typhoid
  • Fevers, Enteric
  • Fevers, Typhoid
  • Infection, Salmonella typhi
  • Infections, Salmonella typhi
  • Salmonella typhi Infections
  • Typhoid Fevers
  • Typhoids

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36 allowable subheadings

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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2001(1963)

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WC 270

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Typhoid Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014435. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014435
  2. Typhoid Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever
  3. Typhoid Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83319