TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Diseases Spread by Food and Water A1 - Appiah, Grace D. A1 - Lauer, A. C. A1 - Aubert, Rachael D. A1 - Medalla, Felicita A1 - Chatham-Stephens, Kevin A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - Typhoid fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, commonly shortened to Salmonella Typhi. Humans are the only known natural host for Salmonella Typhi, and fecal-oral transmission through contaminated food and water is the most common mode of infection. In the United States, about 350 cases are reported each year, and most of these are acquired while traveling internationally.1–3 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665178 ER -