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What is Typhoid?

This bacterial disease (Salmonella Typhi) can be spread through contaminated food, water or close contact.

Travelers can contract Typhoid through contaminated food or water in Papua New Guinea, where Zac Efron was filming his TV series.

While Typhoid is partly preventable by vaccine, it may require emergency medical care to treat if critical. 

Once treated, via antibiotics and fluid, it can resolve within days to weeks.

Symptoms include high fever, headache, stomach pain and either constipation or diarrhoea. 

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