Typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria infection. Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers include fleas, mites, and lice. Although the ...

A potentially deadly form of typhus that’s spread by chiggers has been detected in the United States for the first time. Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered ...

Typhus in children is generally caused by bacteria that are usually found in contaminated food, namely Salmonella typhi .. The bacteria can also come from small animals such as mice, cats or ...

Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...

Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. You can get it if an infected chigger – larvae that grow into mites – bites you.

A Texas man has lost his hands and parts of his feet after contracting a severe case of typhus from a flea bite. The infectious disease is caused by bacteria.

Besides fleas, the Rickettsia bacteria that causes typhus may be carried by opossums, rats, mice and other small mammals, including cats and dogs.

Cases of flea-borne typhus have steadily risen in LA over the past decade. Three people died from the bacterial infection last year, as well.

Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...

Scrub typhus is a bush typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamush bacteria. According to the Centre of Diseases Control, Scrub typhus is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).

Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...

Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...