typhus

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Typhus cases occur year-round but tend to peak during the late summer and fall months because the warmer weather increases flea activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Typhus, on the other hand, is a bacterial disease transmitted person to person by lice.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2020

Typhus and dysentery might well have killed others, once they were released back to the barracks.

From Nature • Aug. 11, 2019

The last time one was adopted was on the border of Poland and Russia in 1918, as part of an effort to stop a Typhus outbreak from spreading west.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2014

Typhus and malaria, which one hundred years ago routed a great English army in the expedition against Antwerp, are no longer formidable foes.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez