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Typhoid is caused by...

Typhoid is caused by

A

Giardia

B

Salmonella

C

Shigella

D

Escherichia

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The correct Answer is:
B
Salmonella typhi causes typhoid fever in human beings. It is characterised by constant fever due to the infection of intestine. Giardia is a flagellate protozoan, lamblia species of this protozoan causes disease giardiasis, a prolonged diarrhoeal disease of humans.
Bacterial genus Shigella causes shigellosis or bacillary dysentery.
Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobes, found in the intestine of human beings.
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