Any one of three fevers (typhoid, paratyphoid A and paratyphoid B).
Any febrile disease of the intestines.
Enteric fever is caused by bacterial infection with either Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi A, B or C. These infections are called typhoid and paratyphoid respectively. Transmission usually occurs by ingestion of water or food that has been contaminated with human faeces. It is endemic in many areas of the world, including Africa, Central and South America, the Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia. Infection occasionally occurs in southern and eastern Europe, particularly with S. paratyphi B. However, in northern and western Europe and North America, most cases are imported.
A nomenclature occasionally employed to refer to either typhoid or paratyphoid fever.