A child collects clean water in Delmas, east of Johannesburg following an outbreak of the deadly typhoid virus. Reuters/Mujahid SafodienIn response to media reports about the death of a patient from typhoid fever in Johannesburg, the provincial Guateng health department put out a statement to place the incident in context. The Conversation Africa’s editor Caroline Southey asked … [Read more...] about Explainer: causes, symptoms and cures of typhoid fever | The Conversation