Drug Resistant Typhoid Becoming the Norm
Leonard_Jansen
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I work as a consultant for the PA state Dept of Health (HIV/AIDS div) and get inundated with all kinds of health info emails. In the slush pile today was one about drug resistant Typhoid, which can be water-bourne...
foxnews.com/health/2015/05/11/drug-resistant-superbug-strain-typhoid-spreads-worldwide/
Great...
-LBJ
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde
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If you are worried, There is a typhoid vaccine. I've had it 2-3 times I think over the years.
Not really worried for my sake because in PA I'm more likely to get a disease carried by all the farm animals, I just thought to give a heads-up to anyone venturing further afield. I would suggest a cholera vaccine shot for anyone swimming in the Schuylkill River around Philly as there is measurable Choloform (sp?) bacteria there.
-LBJ
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde