Typhus -- United States
An outbreak of flea-borne typhus has hit downtown Los Angeles [CA], the county Department of Public Health said Thursday [4 Oct 2018]. Health officials say they are investigating several cases of flea-borne typhus, a disease that infected fleas can spread to humans.
Although the fleas can come from cats, rats, and opossums, pets and animals do not get sick from typhus. In people, however, typhus can cause high fever, chills, headache, and rash. It is not transmitted from person to person
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6075346&promed&0
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