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Typhus

Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas.Murine typhus; Epidemic typhus; Endemic typhus; Brill-Zinsser disease; Jail fever.Typhus is caused by one of two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia prowazekii. The form of typus ...

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Date:September 28, 2008

Typhus

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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