What is the difference between Typhoid and Typhus?

Question

When all's said and done, aren't they both the same disease?

(I know I asked this before, but my jerkoff younger sister deleted it.)

Answer 1

Typhus and typhoid fever were two diseases which the Victorians tended to confuse and use interchangeably, certainly in fictional writing. So what is the difference between typhus and typhoid, and which of them - if either - was what came to be known as 'gaol fever'?

The answer is that gaol fever was typhus, a disease caused by bacteria spreading through the bites of lice and fleas. The infection causes headache, fever and a rash of red spots. It arrived in Europe in the 15th century, and there was a fearful epidemic in 1557-59.

Typhoid, on the other hand, is spread by consuming contaminated food or water and is not unrelated to salmonella.

Answer 2

Typhoid And Typhus

Answer 3

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. In the United States about 400 cases occur each year.

Outbreaks of epidemic typhus can result from rapid transmission of R. prowazekii from human to human by infected lice.

Answer 4

My thanx to your "jerkoff"sister.
Typhoid means "typhus like"
Typhoid is caused by "Salmonella thphi, S-paratyphi A &B
It is prevented by TAB Vaccine..Typhoid is spread by fecal contamination of food and water by Salmonella. Some people carry the germs without suffering from it . They spread the disease .Once in it there are powerful antibiotics to cure it.
Typhus -is caused by Recketsia and is more serious.. Lice and ticks transmit the disease.This is curable by specific antibiotics.
Typhoid and typhus are diagnosed in the laboratory by serological tests.

Answer 5

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RE:
What is the difference between Typhoid and Typhus?
When all's said and done, aren't they both the same disease?

(I know I asked this before, but my jerkoff younger sister deleted it.)

Answer 6

Gaol Fever

Answer 7

Nope, they are completely different.