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Typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by bacteria that are spread to humans by fleas, lice, and chiggers. Typhus fevers include scrub typhus, murine typhus, and epidemic typhus. Chiggers spread scrub typhus, fleas spread murine typhus, and body lice spread epidemic typhus. The most common symptoms are fever, headaches, and sometimes rash.
Epidemic TyphusDisease spread by body lice, was responsible for millions of deaths in previous centuries, now considered rare.Scrub TyphusBacterial disease spread by chiggers in Southeast Asia.For Healthcare ProvidersClinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of typhus fevers.Flea-borne (murine) TyphusFlea-borne bacterial disease found in tropical climates around the world, also reported in parts of U.S.For Public Health OfficialsGuidelines for reporting and how to submit samples for testing.
							
					
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