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On the assumption that most people reading this are only familiar with typhoid in that it's something you get while playing the computer game Oregon Trail, Typhoid is caused by a form of Salmonella and according to Wikipedia, it's generally passed by drinking unclean water that's been contaminated by exposure to other people with the disease.
It's absorbed through the intestines, which makes it a nightmarish flu/fever combination that can progress into a slow heart-rate, delirium, intestinal hemorrhaging and possibly death if left untreated. As a bacterial infection, though, it's fairly easy to treat, and they caught Bell's well before it became serious, so none of this is a worry for him.
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