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Not to be confused with Typhoid fever . For other uses, see Typhus (disambiguation)===Alternative Names:===Murine typhus; Epidemic typhus; Endemic typhus; Brill-Zinsser disease; Scrub typhus, Jail fever, spotted fever, famine fever, ship fever, el tabarillo, goal fever, and war fever, camp fever, louse-borne Typhus is any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria.[1] The name co...