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.
Home Health. Typhoid is a severe, infectious and life-threatening disease. It is spread through unhygienic food, drinks and water where bacteria S.typhi develop which make person ill. Person who consume contaminated water exhibit symptoms of fever with severe complications.ome Health. Typhoid is a severe, infectious and life-threatening disease. It is spread through unhygienic food, drinks and water where bacteria S.typhi develop which make person ill. Person who consume contaminated water exhibit symptoms of fever with severe complications.