Medically reviewed by Ronald Lubelchek, MD Typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria infection. Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers ...

The rash usually begins on the shoulders and ... For this reason, until typhus becomes epidemic, individual cases may often remain unrecognized.” When an attack of typhus is mild it probably ...

Typhus and typhoid fever ... The infection causes headache, fever and a rash of red spots. It arrived in Europe in the 15th century, and there was a fearful epidemic in 1557-59.