Typhus — United States
County health officials are urging pet owners who let their animals outside to remember to protect their pets — and themselves — from fleas after a county resident has recovered from a relatively rare but potentially deadly form of typhus.
County public health officials said a North Park [San Diego County, California] woman was hospitalized in May [2018] but has fully recovered after contracting murine typhus, a bacterial disease.
It is most commonly spread by fleas that feed on
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