Where in the world do you get typhoid fever?
Typhoid fever affects 17 million people worldwide every year, with approximately 600,000
deaths. The number of sporadic cases of typhoid fever has remained relatively constant in
the industrialized world, and with the advent of proper sanitary facilities, has been
virtually eliminated in many areas.
Typhoid fever is common in most parts of the world except in industrialized regions such
as the United States, Canada, western Europe, Australia, and Japan. Therefore, if you are
traveling to the developing world, you should consider taking precautions. Over the past
10 years, travelers from the United States to Asia, Africa, and Latin America have been
especially at risk.
Strains resistant to chloramphenicol and other recommended antibiotics have become
prevalent in several areas of the world. Multidrug resistant strains have been reported
from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
The map below shows the endemic (light geen) and the highly endemic (dark green) regions
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