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.
Typhoid is a communicable disease caused by the bacteria Salmonella Typhi. The disease invades your blood stream causing systemic illness. Early symptoms of typhoid include fever, general illness, headache, and loss of appetite. Other common symptoms are severe fatigue, abdominal pain, and weakness. The oral vaccine is not recommended for those who have cancer of any kind. 2  Also, the oral vaccine should not be taken within 24 hours of intake of any antibiotics. 3  The typhoid vaccine does not guarantee 100 % protection from disease, so you should be careful against this disease even if you are vaccinated.