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LAPD officers being treated for typhoid fever, typhus-like symptoms
By anthony rivas
May 30, 2019, 2:02 PM ET
At least one officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has contracted the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, Salmonella typhi, and another one is showing typhus-like symptoms, the police department announced on Thursday.
The officer who had contracted the illness is being treated, and the other officer has yet to be confirmed to be infected, according to the LAPD. Both officers work at the LAPD?s Central Division, according to a statement released by the department.
Salmonella typhi is uncommon in the U.S. and other modern industrialized nations, affecting only about 350 Americans each year ? most of whom recently returned from overseas travel. Worldwide, it affects an estimated 22 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
LAPD officers being treated for typhoid fever, typhus-like symptoms
By anthony rivas
May 30, 2019, 2:02 PM ET
At least one officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has contracted the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, Salmonella typhi, and another one is showing typhus-like symptoms, the police department announced on Thursday.
The officer who had contracted the illness is being treated, and the other officer has yet to be confirmed to be infected, according to the LAPD. Both officers work at the LAPD?s Central Division, according to a statement released by the department.
Salmonella typhi is uncommon in the U.S. and other modern industrialized nations, affecting only about 350 Americans each year ? most of whom recently returned from overseas travel. Worldwide, it affects an estimated 22 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...