endemic typhus A typhus that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia typhi or has_material_basis_in Rickettsia felis, which are transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). The infection has symptom headache, has symptom fever, has symptom chills, has symptom myalgia, has symptom nausea, has symptom vomiting, has symptom cough and has symptom rash. typhus