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    in american history. The main character Elena received sadness at the end because she liked a boy but he could not date her at the end, the lesson was about racism. In since feeling is first it was about life and death. In Mary Mallon’s trail of typhoid it was about the truth at the end. In oranges, it was about the boys first time him walking with a girl and how it turned out at the end. The first appendectomy was how risks can be taken because one little mess up on Mr. Polansky and he could have

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    was much higher. (Schoeder-Lein 86). Typhoid fever could mimic the symptoms of classic diarrhea and it was at times, hard to diagnose. According to CDC.gov, a person can get typhoid fever if they eat food or drink beverages that have been handled by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or if sewage contaminated with Salmonella Typhi bacteria gets into the water they use for drinking or washing food. Considering the sources of transmitting typhoid fever, it is understandable that this was one

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    Typhoid Fever Versus The Education of Frank McCourt The first main point in the story Typhoid Fever is that literature can have everlasting impact on people’s lives. In the story, Patricia reads “The Highwayman” poem to Frankie. Because the children are not allowed to talk to each other, Patricia reads bits and pieces to Frankie at different times to avoid being caught. Frankie is awaiting the next part of the poem when he learns that Patricia has passed away. He is very disappointed because he never

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    handlers for Typhoid fever. Typhoid fever is a dangerous bacterial infection. The only source of the causative agent of typhoid fever is a person sick or carrier. You can get typhoid fever if you eat food or drink water that have been handled by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or if sewage contaminated with Salmonella Typhi bacteria gets into the water you use to drink or washing fruit. The danger of the patient varies through the disease and this explains of the features of the typhoid fever

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    Historic use: Bilberry has been use since the 16th century and it was used to treat diarrhea, kidney stones to typhoid fever. Typhoid fever is an infection/illness caused by Salmonella Typhi. Bilberry was first used during the World War II. The first person to eat bilberry for the first time was a British Air Forces who was a pilot and took bilberry to help him with his night vision. Bilberry is a plant used to treat eyesight problems such as cataracts, myopia, glaucoma and problems with the retina

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    In the short story, “Typhoid Fever,” by Frank McCourt, I think that Frankie would be the best for the story narrator. For the story narrator, I think Frankie would be the best fit because for one he has a huge impact on the story, two the story revolves around him, and third the story is named after the type of fever he has. In the following I will be explaining why Frankie would be the best fit along with the evidence from text to provide my information to go with it. Firstly, I think that Frankie

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    living conditions. One of the main diseases that us nurses worked with was typhoid fever. It is an acute intestinal infection caused by the salmonella typhi bacteria. It was spread by ingesting contaminated food and water or through close contact with someone already infected. It often afflicted soldiers in the elevated and more northern areas where Civil War armies fought and camped during the winter months. Typhoid Fever killed 81,360 Union soldiers, more than those who died of battle wounds. Symptoms

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    Salmonella enterica typhi Introduction: Worldwide, typhoid fever affects roughly 17 million people annually, causing nearly 600,000 deaths. The causative agent, Salmonella enterica typhi (referred to as Salmonella typhi from now on), is an obligate parasite that has no known natural reservoir outside of humans. Little is known about the historical emergence of human S. typhi infections, however it is thought to have caused the deaths of many famous figures such as British author and poet

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    Why Are Salmonella Typhi?

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    which causes systemic infections and Typhoid fever in human beings. It is rod shaped and is flagellated and inhabits the lympathic tissues of the small intestine, liver, spleen, and bloodstream of infected humans. This bacterium belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. There have been typhoid fever outbreaks in many different countries including United States of America, Canada and Uganda. Being Uganda the most recent place to have an epidemic for typhoid, I will discuss about this particular outbreak

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    The film Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America documents the typhoid fever outbreak of 1906 that was linked to a cook named Mary Mallon. Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella typhi, a bacterium found in the bloodstream and intestinal tract of humans. Mary Mallon unknowingly infected several families with typhoid fever, including one family in Oyster Bay. This family hired George Soper, a typhoid researcher, to investigate the cause of the illnesses in the family. Upon further analysis

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