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typhoid fever: Quick Facts

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Also Known As typhoid

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Salmonella Typhi
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Typhoid Mary
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Sir Almroth Edward Wright
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Fernand-Isidore Widal
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Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet
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William Budd
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Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing
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Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau
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