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Typhos vs Typhus - What's the difference?

typhos | typhus |

As nouns the difference between typhos and typhus

is that typhos is while typhus is (pathology) one of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by rickettsiae bacteria not to be confused with typhoid fever.

typhos

English

Noun

    • (Webster 1913)

    typhus

    English

    (wikipedia typhus)

    Noun

  • (pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

    • Synonyms

    * camp fever * prison fever * ship fever

    Derived terms

    * typhous * typhus fever * chigger-borne typhus * endemic typhus * epidemic typhus * flea-borne typhus * murine typhus * scrub typhus * rat typhus * tick typhus * tsutsugamushi * urban typhus