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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Typhus
  1. Typhus 
    Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas. ... Typhus is caused by two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia prowazekii . Rickettsia typhi causes endemic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001363.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Deer ticks (image) 
    ... tularemia. Less common or less frequent diseases include typhus, Q-fever, relapsing fever, viral encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1119.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Flea (image) 
    ... hosts are unavailable. Fleas can carry plague and typhus. They are also thought to transmit several other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1239.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Ticks (image) 
    ... Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, tularemia, typhus, hemorrhagic fever, and viral encephalitis. (Image courtesy of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1254.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Body louse (image) 
    ... may also carry organisms that cause relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. (Image courtesy of the Centers ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1238.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Dust mite (image) 
    ... are carriers (vectors) of many important diseases including typhus (scrub and murine) and rickettsialpox. (Image courtesy of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1245.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Body louse, female and larvae (image) 
    ... They may also transmit diseases, including relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. (Image courtesy of the Centers ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2609.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus) (image) 
    ... body lice may carry diseases such as epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, or trench fever. (Image courtesy of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2608.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Fleas 
    ... bacteria that cause diseases in humans, such as typhus and plague . The bacteria can be transmitted to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001329.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Ehrlichiosis 
    ... diseases worldwide, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus . All of these diseases are spread to humans ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001381.htm - Medical Encyclopedia