The infection causes headache, fever and a rash of red spots. It arrived in Europe in the 15th century, and there was a fearful epidemic in 1557-59. Typhoid, on the other hand, is spread by ...

Typhoid fever is caused by highly contagious Salmonella ... Symptoms include: It causes fatal complications, such as internal bleeding, in one in 100 people. Precise numbers on typhoid are hard ...