Paratyphoid

Paratyphoid is a bacterial infectious disease of the intestinal group, caused by a non-motile, colored, gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacillus, which is part of the normal microflora of the gastrointestinal tract of most animals and humans. To date, pathogens of this group are usually divided into two main types: A and B. Paratyphoid fever is an acute infection, transmitted by food, water, contact, and airborne droplets. Susceptibility to infection is low. The source of infection is usually sick animals: ducks, chickens, anseriformes, less often mammals, cattle. The paratyphoid bacillus is resistant to environmental factors. It is not afraid of high temperatures, can withstand heating up to 55 ° C, but is sensitive to chemical compounds (for example, most oxidizing agents), can be stored in vegetables and drinking water for up to 8 weeks, and at room temperature in feces and manure - from 2 to 3 months. Almost all age groups are susceptible. More often the disease is registered in young children. Typically paratyphoid fever (traveller's fever)