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Typhus: What Is, Types, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

What is Typhus?

The term typhus encompasses three main types of typhus – epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, and scrub typhus. Each one of these diseases is caused by a different bacteria and passed to people by various means. Most people infected with typhus are bitten by insects such as ticks, lice, fleas, and mites that carry rickettsial bacteria.

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