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Typhus is an infectious disease that is spread by lice or fleas.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 25, 2006
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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