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Typhus is treated with the antibiotic doxycycline. This antibiotic can be used in any person of any age.
Although there is no vaccine for typhus, prevention can be used by avoiding contact with fleas. Keep rodents and animals away from your home, and if you have pets, use approved flea control products on them.

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Typhus going untreated may cause damage to one or more organs including: liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, and may lead to death.

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Symptoms usually occurs within two weeks after being in contact with infected fleas. Symptoms may include: fever and chills, body aches and muscle pains, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, cough, and rash (around five days of illness.)

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Flea-borne typhus usually occurs in tropical and subtropical climates. Most common in southern California, Hawaii, and Texas in the United States.

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Animals or humans can become infected with typhus by a flea bite or infected flea poop.

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Typhus is a disease caused by infected fleas. Fleas become infected when they bite infected animals. Animals and humans can become infected with typhus.