The massacre was remembered in 1858 in a celebration organized by William Cooper Nell, an African American abolitionist who saw the death of Crispus Attucks as an opportunity to demonstrate the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, especially S. enterica, which cause food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and various infectious diseases in domestic animals. Salmonella bacteria are divided into numerous serotypes on the basis of certain antigens found in the cell wall and flagella.
1 CHAPTER 1 Epidemiological and clinical aspects of humantyphoid fever Christopher M. Parry 1.1 INTRODUCTION Typhoid fever is an acute systemic infection caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A,B, and C cause the clinically similar condition, paratyphoid fever. Typhoidand paratyphoid fevers are collectively referred to as enteric fevers. In mostendemic areas, approximately 90% of enteric fever is typhoid. Typhoid istransmitted by the fecal-oral route via contaminated food and water and istherefore common where sanitary conditions are inadequate and access toclean water is limited.