SayPro RISK FACTORS FOR CONTRACTING TYPHOID FEVER

Common risk factors in the development of typhoid fever are:^{[1][2][3][10][11][6]}

• Travel to endemic areas
• Poor hygiene habits
• Poor sanitation conditions
• Proximity to flying insects feeding on feces
• Contact with someone who recently suffered from typhoid fever
• Recent use of antibiotics
• Achlorhydria
• Immunosuppressive illnesses such as AIDS
• Crowded housing
• Consumption of raw fruits and vegetables contaminated with sewage
• Prolonged illness
• Being a health care worker
• Being a clinical microbiologists who handles salmonella typhi
• Childhood