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endemic typhus

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endemic typhus [en′dem·ik ′tī·fəs]
(medicine)


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Endemic typhus (also called "murine typhus" and "flea-borne typhus") is transmitted by fleas on rats, and sometimes by fleas carried on cats or possums.
Daily News 2 typhus cases near Echo Park reported Two cases of endemic typhus - a disease usually transmitted to humans by fleas from rats, opossums or other animals - occurred near Echo Park this year, county health officials said Wednesday.
 
 
 
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