“Typhous” or “Typhus”—Which to use?

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nounrickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.

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…I, in the fight against typhus.
Info on the camp typhus epidemic in World War One
…later her mother died of typhus.
During the typhus epidemic of 1914-1915, conditions were
Influenza, typhus, and measles also afflicted the…
…blamed for the severity of typhus epidemics in southeast Europe and…
…studies on influenza, malaria, typhoid, typhus, dysentery and other infections that…
…her to Albany and contracted Typhus.
…the treatment of cholera, epidemic typhus, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever.
…1883 Dr Schofield died of Typhus Fever leaving Dr E H…

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