Health, Conditions and Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Rickettsial, Typhus

CDC Travelers' Health Information on Typhus Fevers

Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/typhus.htm
Murine Typhus (Fleaborne Typhus)

FAQ from the Texas Department of Health.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/murine_typhus/
Scrub Typhus

Detailed information about this acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mites.

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2710.htm
Typhus

Information about all three types - epidemic louse-borne, scrub, and endemic (murine) typhus.

http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/typhus.htm
Typhus Disease Profile

Brief information about louse-borne typhus.

http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/typhus.htm
Typhus Fever (Flea-borne) Fact Sheet

FAQ from the Virginia Department of Health.

http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/typhusf.htm
Typhus: AHealthyMe.com

Factsheet on the four main types of typus.

http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100084835

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