Typhus

War is not an adventure. War is an illness. Like typhus.

Tom died of typhus.

Typhus is a contagious disease.

At the age of ten Caroline was stricken with typhus. The disease permanently stunted her growth.

The conditions in the flooded city of New Orleans are a recipe for diarrheal diseases rarely seen in the United States, including hepatitis, dysentery, cholera, and typhus.

Typhoid and typhus have similar names and symptoms, but are different diseases.