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Texas veterinarian, technician infected with flea-spread murine typhus

What started as a fever and flulike symptoms quickly escalated to a frightening six-day hospital stay for San Antonio, Texas, veterinarian Olga Jaimez, DVM, who was diagnosed with murine typhus around the same time as one of her technicians, according to KSAT TV. Dr. Jaimez, who owns 4 Paws Animal Hospital, told the news outlet she had a fever that spiked to 103 degrees, red spots all over body and difficulty breathing. "I thought I was going to die," she said. More

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