This 1980 picture depicts the children’s ward of the Port Louis, Mauritius Civil Hospital where typhoid patients were housed. An outbreak of typhoid fever occurred in Cite’ Roche Bois, Mauritius, January 1980. This illness is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which lives only in humans, who carry the bacteria in their bloodstream, and intestinal tract. This image was created in 1980 and provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [0004-0702-2123-1430] by 0004
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childrens ward, fever, fevers, health, health care, hospital, medical care, patient, patients, people, person, port louis mauritius civil hospital, typhoid fever, ward, wards
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