Potentially fatal bacteria causing persistent high fever, abdominal discomfort, malaise, and headache. Travellers in areas without good sanitation or clean water should watch out for contaminated food and water.
By eating food or drinking water contaminated by faeces from someone who has been infected with typhoid.1
The disease is common in parts of the world where there is less access to clean water and sanitation is poor. This includes most countries in Central and South America, Africa and Asia (see map).3
Persistent high fever, abdominal discomfort, malaise, and headache.1,4
Antibiotics are an effective treatment for typhoid. If untreated and severe, complications of the disease can be fatal.1,4