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Pain, fever, and chills only the start if diagnosed with typhus

According to the Centers for Disease Control, typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by bacteria that are spread to humans by fleas, lice, and chiggers.

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corpus christi (kiiinews) — The CDC says typhus fevers include scrub typhus, murine typhus, and epidemic typhus.

Chiggers spread scrub typhus, fleas spread murine typhus, and body lice spread epidemic typhus.

The most common symptoms are fever, headaches, and sometimes rash.

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