Share. If your baby is in a head-down position, with the back of his head slightly towards the front of your tummy (anterior position), your labour is likely to be shorter and easier. Most babies get into this position by the end of pregnancy (Warren 2012) .
Typhoid fever is a type of enteric fever along with paratyphoid fever. The cause is the bacterium Salmonella typhi, also known as Salmonella enterica serotype typhi, growing in the intestines and blood. Typhoid is spread by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person. Risk factors include poor sanitation and poor hygiene. Those who travel to the developing world are also at risk. Humans are the only animal infected.
1 CHAPTER 1 Epidemiological and clinical aspects of humantyphoid fever Christopher M. Parry 1.1 INTRODUCTION Typhoid fever is an acute systemic infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A,B, and C cause the clinically similar condition, paratyphoid fever. Typhoidand paratyphoid fevers are collectively referred to as enteric fevers. In mostendemic areas, approximately 90% of enteric fever is typhoid. Typhoid istransmitted by the fecal-oral route via contaminated food and water and istherefore common where sanitary conditions are inadequate and access toclean water is limited.