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Name the bacterium that causes typhoid. Mention two diagnostic symptoms. How is this disease transmitted to others?

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Typhoid is caused by the bacteria, Salmonella typhi.
Symptoms of typhoid are poor appetite, headache, generalized aches and pains and high fever.
It is contracted by drinking or eating the bacteria in contaminated food or water.

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