La Louisiane stretched from the mouth of the Mississippi River to present-day Canada, and approximately covered the present-day U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Typhoid fever is contracted by drinking or eating the bacteria in contaminated food or water. People with acute illness can contaminate the surrounding water supply through stool, which contains a high concentration of the bacteria. Contamination of the water supply can, in turn, taint the food supply.
There are two typhoid vaccines available in the UK-an oral and an injectable vaccine. Typhoid fever is caused by a germ (bacterium) called Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) . This bacterium may contaminate food or drink in areas of poor sanitation. Typhoid ranges from being a mild illness to a fatal one. Symptoms include sudden onset of: 1  High temperature (fever). 2  Severe headache. 3  Feeling sick (nausea). 4  Tummy (abdominal) pain. 5  Loss of appetite. 6  Constipation or diarrhoea.