Intestinal infectious diseases include a large number ofinfections of thebowels, includingcholera,typhoid fever,paratyphoid fever, other types ofsalmonella infections,shigellosis,botulism,gastroenteritis, andamoebiasis among others.[1]
Typhoid and paratyphoid resulted in 221,000 deaths in 2013 down from 259,000 deaths in 1990.[2] Other diseases which result in diarrhea caused another 1.3 million additional deaths in 2013 down from 2.6 million deaths in 1990.[2]
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