Medically reviewed by Ronald Lubelchek, MD Typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria infection. Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers ...

Murine Typhus is caused by the flea-borne bacteria Rickettsia typhi. This disease is also referred to as endemic typhus, flea-borne typhus, or flea-borne spotted fever. The primary reservoirs for ...

Flea-borne typhus is not usually deadly in the United States — the mortality rate is less than 2% — but Dr. Gregory Anstead says it’s a disease that can cause a lot of problems.

Fleas are one of the best-known groups of parasitic insect due to their notoriety as pests and their medical and veterinary importance as vectors of disease, such as the plague, myxomatosis and murine ...

A recent study has revealed that scrub typhus infection could be an “under-recognised” leading cause of hospitalisations for fever, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the cases. The study ...

The answer is that gaol fever was typhus, a disease caused by bacteria spreading through the bites of lice and fleas. The infection causes headache, fever and a rash of red spots. It arrived in ...