A 32-year-old woman from Delhi presents with a 10-day history of sustained fever, headache, and abdominal pain. Blood culture grows Salmonella typhi. Her roommate develops similar symptoms 5 days later with positive blood culture for Salmonella paratyphi B. Which feature best distinguishes typhoid fever caused by S. typhi from paratyphoid fever caused by S. paratyphi?

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