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Typhus is an infectious disease which is transmitted by lice or fleas and characterized by high fever , a transient rash , and fairly severe illness.
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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.
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