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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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Salmonella Tpr is a pathogenic bacterium which causes typhoid in human beings. Its common symptoms are
(i) Constipation, loss of appetite.
(ii) High fever upto 39° to 40°
It is spread by contaminated food and water, it generally enters in our small intesine and migrates to other organs through blood.
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