Typhoid Fever

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…regions such as the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan. Therefore, if you are travelling to the developing world, you should consider taking precautions. Typhoid is slowly disappearing from the U.S. because of the new and improved preventive measures; the number of cases dropped from 5,595 in 1942 to about 500 in 1979. Compulsory inspection of milk and water supplies, and the pasteurisation of milk in particular, have greatly reduced the incidence of the typhoid bacilli.