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{{Short description|Bacterial disease caused by the bacteria Salmonellosis}}

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'''Enteric fever''' is a medical term encompassing two types of [[salmonellosis]], which, specifically, are [[typhoid fever]] and [[paratyphoid fever]].<ref name="EntericPubMed">{{cite journal |last1=Qamar |first1=Farah Naz |last2=Hussain |first2=Wajid |last3=Qureshi |first3=Sonia |title=Salmonellosis Including Enteric Fever |journal=[[Pediatric Clinics of North America]] |volume=69 |issue=1 |date=February 2022 |pages=65–77 |doi=10.1016/j.pcl.2021.09.007 |issn=0031-3955 |eissn=1557-8240 |lccn=54006097 |oclc=1643666 |pmid=34794677}}</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 [[serovar]]s that cause enteric fever only have human hosts, as opposed to other types of salmonellosis-causing ''[[Salmonella]]'' bacteria  which often have animal reservoirs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Michael |last2=Appiah |first2=Grace |last3=Watkins |first3=Louise Francois |date=May 2023 |url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2024/infections-diseases/typhoid-and-paratyphoid-fever |title=Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever |website=[[CDC]]}}</ref>

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