Salmonella bacteria live in the intestines of people, animals and birds. Most people are infected with salmonella by eating foods that have been contaminated by feces. Commonly infected foods include: 1  Raw meat, poultry and seafood. 2  Feces may get onto raw meat and poultry during the butchering process.3  Seafood may be contaminated if harvested from contaminated water.4  Raw eggs.ost people are infected with salmonella by eating foods that have been contaminated by feces. Commonly infected foods include: 1  Raw meat, poultry and seafood. 2  Feces may get onto raw meat and poultry during the butchering process.
Typhoid fever is an acute illness associated with fever caused by the Salmonella typhi bacteria. It can also be caused by Salmonella paratyphi, a related bacterium that usually causes a less severe illness.The bacteria are deposited in water or food by a human carrier and are then spread to other people in the area.yphoid fever is contracted by drinking or eating the bacteria in contaminated food or water. People with acute illness can contaminate the surrounding water supply through stool, which contains a high concentration of the bacteria. Contamination of the water supply can, in turn, taint the food supply.
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.