Typhoid Fever

Your child is required to remain home.

Cause/Symptoms:

• 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.