The massacre was remembered in 1858 in a celebration organized by William Cooper Nell, an African American abolitionist who saw the death of Crispus Attucks as an opportunity to demonstrate the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, especially S. enterica, which cause food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and various infectious diseases in domestic animals. Salmonella bacteria are divided into numerous serotypes on the basis of certain antigens found in the cell wall and flagella.
INFECTIOUS AGENT. Typhoid fever is a potentially severe and occasionally life-threatening febrile illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Paratyphoid fever is a similar illness caused by S. enterica serotype Paratyphi A, B (tartrate negative), or C.he incubation period of typhoid and paratyphoid infections is 6â30 days. The onset of illness is insidious, with gradually increasing fatigue and a fever that increases daily from low-grade to as high as 102Â°Fâ104Â°F (38Â°Câ40Â°C) by the third to fourth day of illness.