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Typhus has appeared since medieval times. The causative bacteria Rickettsia are named after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871-1910), who studied and eventually died of typhus.

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There hasn't been any newly discovered cures for typhus, but there are treatments to slow down its process only by so long.

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