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Typhus Learning Center

Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Several different illnesses called "typhus" exist, all of them caused by one of the bacteria in the family Rickettsiae. Each illness occurs when the bacteria is passed to a human through contact with an infected insect.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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