Typhus
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Typhus Transmission
Facts about the transmission of typhus:
Rickettsia bacteria are transmitted to humans by bites of infected fleas,
lice
and
chiggers
.
The bacteria is not passed from one person to another.
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Last Updated: Jul 14, 2009
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Typhus References:
Cunha BA. Osler on typhoid fever: differentiating typhoid from typhus and malaria. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2004 Mar;18(1):111-25.
Raoult D, Woodward T, Dumler JS. The history of epidemic typhus. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2004 Mar;18(1):127-40.
Watt G, Parola P. Scrub typhus and tropical rickettsioses. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;16(5):429-36.
