typhus

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Estela Lopez of the downtown industrial improvement district, where trash is routinely dumped illegally, wrote to say a county report warned that typhus levels downtown had reached an all-time high.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Fleas that spread typhus are commonly found on stray animals, rodents and other wildlife, according to public health officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Like Donne, we can mine wisdom from the frailty of our mortal bodies—but be grateful that when the bell tolls for thee, plague, smallpox and typhus won’t be to blame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In areas were the disease is prevalent, you are most at risk of getting typhus from infected fleas if you touch, pet or come into contact with rats, opossums and stray cats.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

When typhus broke out in the camp, it quickly spread.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren