Typhus Transmission: Lice and Fleas as Carriers
Typhus carriers are body lice and rat fleas. These hematophagous ectoparasites ingest Rickettsia prowazekii (lice) or Rickettsia typhi (fleas) when feeding on infected hosts. If they then feed on a human, they transmit the disease.
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