Typhoid Fever
Your child is required to remain home.
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability:
- Bacteria
- Low grade fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, dry cough, anorexia, nausea, and abdominal discomfort
- Constipation is more common than diarrhea in adults but diarrhea is more common in children
Transmission:
- Fecal-oral route
- Direct contact with contaminated water, shellfish, particularly oysters, milk, ice-cream, raw fruit and vegetables grown in fields fertilized with fecal matter
Incubation:
- From 3 days to over 60 days; usual range is 8-14 days
Period of Communicability:
- Variable
- Usually 1 to 2 weeks
We can discuss your child's return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been met:
- Your child can eat and drink normally
- Your child can participate in all daycare activities
- A least 14 days have passed since the onset of symptoms/diagnosis
- The daycare diarrhea policy has been followed
- The daycare fever policy has been followed
- A doctors note is required stating your child is no longer contagious
Your child is required to remain home for at least fourteen (14) days, if not longer.