Acute Communicable Disease Control

County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health
Acute Communicable Disease Control
313 N. Figueroa Street, #212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7941
Fax: (213) 482-4856
Email:acdc2@ph.lacounty.gov

Typhoid Fever, Acute

Typhoid fever, or “enteric fever,” is an acute systemic disease caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Salmonella typhi. Transmission may occur person-to-person or by ingestion of food or water contaminated by the urine or feces of acute cases or carriers. Common symptoms include insidious onset of persistent fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, constipation (more commonly than diarrhea), bradycardia, enlargement of the spleen, and rose spots on the trunk. Humans are the only known reservoir for S. typhi. Vaccine is available to those at high risk or travelers.

• CDC Health Advisory: Advice for Health Care Providers Treating Patients in or Recently Returned from Hurricane-Affected Areas, Including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (10-24-17)
• Los Angeles County: Annual Morbidity Reports (2001-2016)
• ACDC: A Manual of Departmental Rules, Regulations and Control Procedures 
• Typhoid And Paratyphoid Fever Case Report 
  • LAC: ACDC's Epidemiologic Case History Forms Web Page

• LAC: Reported Cases of Selected Diseases (2011-2016) 
• LAC: Reported Cases of Selected Diseases (2005-2010) 
• LAC: Reported Cases of Selected Diseases (1999-2004) 

Additional Resources

• CDC: Typhoid Fever General Information
• CDC: Travelers' Health: Yellow Book
• CDPH: Typhoid Fever