Enteric fever
Enteric fever is a medical term encompassing two types of salmonellosis, which, specifically, are typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever.<ref name="EntericPubMed">Template:Cite journal</ref> It is an acute systemic infection which induces fevers and is potentially lethal. It is diagnosed by growing a bacterial sample on culture medium.<ref name="EntericPubMed" /> Typhoid fever is caused by the Salmonella enterica bacteria, serotype typhi, while paratyphoid fever is caused by the Salmonella enterica bacteria, serotype paratyphi A, B, or C.<ref name="EntericPubMed" /> These Salmonella enterica bacteria serovars that cause enteric fever only have human hosts, as opposed to other types of salmonellosis-causing Salmonella bacteria which often have animal reservoirs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>