True about maximum isolation period of enteric fever is -: (A) Up to 3 days after staing the treatment, (B) Till 3 consequent negative stool cultures are obtained from the patient, (C) Till the fever subsides, (D) Till Widal test becomes negative
Answer is B. Man is the only known reservoir of infection., viz cases, and carriers. A case is infectious as long as bacilli appear in urine or stools Ref: 25th edition, Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Page no. 258, 259