Typhoid

Fever
 also known as typhoid, is a common worldwide illness,
transmitted by the ingestion of food or water
contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which
contain the bacterium Salmonella typhi. The bacteria
then perforate through the intestinal wall and are
phagocytosed by macrophages. The organism is a Gram-
negative short bacillus that is motile due to its
peritrichous flagella. The bacterium grows best at
37 °C/99 °F – human body temperature.