typhus
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At the war’s end, Mignon escaped to a displaced-persons camp in Bavaria, Germany, where she nearly died of an infected gallbladder and typhus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Officials say cases of flea-borne typhus have been on the rise since 2010.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
His father died in an epidemic, likely of typhus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Los Angeles County Public Health Department identified 220 cases of flea-borne typhus last year, a stark increase over the 187 cases in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Some premonition of trouble ahead might have been gained by the failure to control a typhus epidemic in Spain in 1948.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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