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Human case of flea-borne typhus in Fountain Valley is O.C.’s fifth this season
By Sara CardineStaff Writer
Aug. 13, 2024 6:20 PM PT
Orange County vector control officials are urging residents to keep their pets, bodies and homes flea free, after a human case of flea-borne typhus was detected in the city of Fountain Valley earlier this month.
The infection of an unidentified individual in the vicinity of Slater Avenue and Magnolia Street marks the fifth human case of the bacterial disease — carried by fleas and spread to other species through the insect’s feces — in Orange County this year.
Another human typhus case was reported earlier this month in Garden Grove, while an Anaheim resident with the disease was discovered in July and two cases, one in January and another in June, occurred in Santa Ana, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District spokesman Brian Brannon confirmed Tuesday...
Human case of flea-borne typhus in Fountain Valley is O.C.’s fifth this season
By Sara CardineStaff Writer
Aug. 13, 2024 6:20 PM PT
Orange County vector control officials are urging residents to keep their pets, bodies and homes flea free, after a human case of flea-borne typhus was detected in the city of Fountain Valley earlier this month.
The infection of an unidentified individual in the vicinity of Slater Avenue and Magnolia Street marks the fifth human case of the bacterial disease — carried by fleas and spread to other species through the insect’s feces — in Orange County this year.
Another human typhus case was reported earlier this month in Garden Grove, while an Anaheim resident with the disease was discovered in July and two cases, one in January and another in June, occurred in Santa Ana, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District spokesman Brian Brannon confirmed Tuesday...