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Friday, October 28, 2011

Areas where typhoid fever occurs or might occur next

Typhoid Fever is mostly a worldwide disease that can occur in young or older people. This disease has been spotted in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. “In the United States about 400 cases occur each year, and 75% of these are acquired while traveling internationally.” (CDC2, Typhoid Fever .) However, the disease is around in 3rd world countries where the sanitation is poor. 70% of people infected with typhoid fever come from international traveling and 67-100% is females. The handful of people infected is Hispanic ethnicity, and majority of them are 21. It has been showed that typhoid fever can infect ages between 4 and 31. “Typhoid Fever is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million persons each year.”(CDC2, Typhoid Fever.)

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