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Typhus is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Typhus in a sentence

Typhus meaning

Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Synonyms of Typhus

typhus fever rickettsial disease rickettsiosis

Using Typhus

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
  • Useful related words include: typhus fever, rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis.
  • In the example corpus, typhus often appears in combinations such as: of typhus, typhus is, typhus and.

Context around Typhus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

epidemic 3× scrub 2× murine 1× contracted 1× either 1× pneumonia 1× 1945 1×

Often after:

include 2× infected 1× main 1× disappeared 1× spread 1× trench 1× mary 1× outbreak 1× epidemic 1× cases 1×

Sentence patterns with Typhus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a 1945 typhus epidemic at 1× and murine typhus 1× because the typhus infected lice 1× cause epidemic typhus and murine 1× died from typhus while serving 1× diphtheria pneumonia typhus trench foot 1× epidemic typhus which is 1× for scrub typhus 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

activist general jeff 1× as a result 1× as the ship 1× because the typhus 1× epidemic typhus which 1× frank died in 1×

Common sentence endings:

amenable to gentrification 1× among the homeless 1× and murine typhus 1× and sometimes rash 1× camp s hospital 1× clothes and bedding 1×

Words around Typhus

Just before it in the word index:

typhoons 82 typhoon 452 typhoo 4 typhon 17 typhoidal 3 typhoid 89

Just after it in the word index:

typic 2 typica 3 typical 3.923 typicality 3 typically 9.020 typification 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapl 61 absolved 61 adaption 61 adjei 61 adom 61 adrien 61

Corpus analysis for Typhus

  • In this selection, "typhus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, epidemic, scrub, murine, include, infected and main stand out and add context to how "typhus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a 1945 typhus epidemic at and and murine typhus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "typhus" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with typhus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Not all typhus cases have been found among the homeless. (10 words)

Many soon came down with dysentery, diphtheria, pneumonia, typhus, trench foot, and tuberculosis. (13 words)

Epidemic typhus, which is spread by body lice, is exceedingly rare in the United States. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

As a result, British seamen did not suffer from typhus, giving the British navy a significant competitive advantage over the French. citation Fresh water from the sea In the 18th century sailors took along water, cordial and milk in casks. (40 words)

Though epidemic typhus is commonly thought to be restricted to areas of the developing world, serological examination of homeless persons in Houston found evidence for exposure to the bacterial pathogens that cause epidemic typhus and murine typhus. (37 words)

Activist "General" Jeff Page, who lives on skid row, fears the city is using the typhus outbreak as an excuse to push out the homeless and make the area more amenable to gentrification. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Though epidemic typhus is commonly thought to be restricted to areas of the developing world, serological examination of homeless persons in Houston found evidence for exposure to the bacterial pathogens that cause epidemic typhus and murine typhus.

Because the typhus-infected lice live in clothing, the prevalence of typhus is also affected by weather, humidity, poverty and lack of hygiene.

Prevention of typhus main Lind noticed that typhus disappeared from the top floor of his hospital, where patients were bathed and given clean clothes and bedding.

Typhus Typhus is sometimes called "camp fever" because of its pattern of flaring up in times of strife.

Symptoms of typhus include fever and chills, body aches and muscle pain, loss of appetite, and vomiting, according to the CDC.

Shillong, Aug 23: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma was admitted to Shillong Civil Hospital after he tested positive for Scrub typhus.

There, his brother again saved Ivor's life after he contracted typhus and ended up in the camp's hospital.

As the ship came through Port Phillip Heads in 1840, it was either typhus, spread - like the plague - by fleas, or typhoid fever, from contaminated water or food.

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Infectious disease wasn’t the main vector along which that disaster rolled out, despite the unnumbered people who succumbed to typhus and other such ghastly cohorts of war.

Many soon came down with dysentery, diphtheria, pneumonia, typhus, trench foot, and tuberculosis.

Scotland's emergency facility at the SEC in Glasgow will be named NHS Louisa Jordan, after a nurse who died from typhus while serving in Serbia during an outbreak in 1915.

When visiting her brother who had fallen ill with typhus, Mary caught the disease while nursing him.

Epidemic typhus, which is spread by body lice, is exceedingly rare in the United States.

Activist "General" Jeff Page, who lives on skid row, fears the city is using the typhus outbreak as an excuse to push out the homeless and make the area more amenable to gentrification.

Frank died in a 1945 typhus epidemic at the Bergen-Belsen death camp, but the exact date is unknown.

Not all typhus cases have been found among the homeless.

The most common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, headache, body aches, and sometimes rash.

Typhus is caused by bacteria found in infected fleas that can come from many animals, including cats, rats and opossums.

Typhus is spread by infected fleas and case symptoms including high fever, chills, headache and rash.

As a result, British seamen did not suffer from typhus, giving the British navy a significant competitive advantage over the French. citation Fresh water from the sea In the 18th century sailors took along water, cordial and milk in casks.

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Common combinations with typhus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "typhus" in a sentence?
An example: "Though epidemic typhus is commonly thought to be restricted to areas of the developing world, serological examination of homeless persons in Houston found evidence for exposure to the bacterial pathogens that cause epidemic typhus and murine typhus." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "typhus" from authentic English texts.
What does "typhus" mean?
Typhus means: Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
What are synonyms of "typhus"?
Common synonyms of "typhus" include: typhus fever, rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis.
How many example sentences with "typhus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "typhus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.