| Abstract | Guidelines on the Management of Communicable Diseases in Schools and Nurseries: Paratyphoid. This document provides details of mode of transmission - definition of onset; incubation period; risk of transmission - duration of shedding; period of infectiousness - serial interval; and exclusion period from school/nursery. Often behaves as environmentally acquired but humans are only host. Traditionally children are excluded until 3 negative stools have been obtained. A longer period of exclusion may be appropriate for children under the age of 5 years, and for older children who are unable to maintain good personal hygiene (suggest 1 negative stool). |