Los Angeles County reports surge of flea-borne typhus in Mid-Wilshire

Los Angeles Has a Flea Problem-and It's Fueling Typhus Outbreaks

Gizmodo • 25 sept. 15h40

Health officials report a localized flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles, with seven confirmed cases in Wilshire Center and a total of 109 cases countywide this year.

Flea-borne typhus outbreak warnings issued in L.A. County

Los Angeles Times • 24 sept. 19h28

Health officials in Los Angeles County have reported seven cases of flea-borne typhus in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood, urging residents to adopt flea-control measures.

Outbreak of gross medieval disease sends six people to hospital in LA neighborhood

Yahoo • 23 sept. 18h42

Health officials are investigating a cluster of flea-borne typhus cases in Los Angeles' Wilshire Center, which has resulted in six hospitalizations amid a county-wide rise in the disease.

LA typhus outbreaks hospitalize 6 as flea-borne infection resurfaces

New York Post • 23 sept. 18h42

Health officials are investigating a new cluster of flea-borne typhus in Los Angeles' Wilshire Center, adding to recent cases in Pico-Union and a countywide rise in infections.

Localized outbreak of flea-born typhus reported in L.A. neighborhood

KTLA • 22 sept. 18h25

Health officials confirmed seven cases of flea-borne typhus in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, with six hospitalizations and all patients recovered, as the county monitors a rising trend of the disease.