Medieval diseases lurk in LA: 124 cases of Typhus are confirmed | Daily Mail Online

Medieval diseases lurk in LA: 124 cases of Typhus are confirmed | Daily Mail Online

Fleas carry Typhus from infected stray animals. Though rats are most often attributed with the disease, any stray animal like cats or opossums can also be carriers 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7375793/Medieval-diseases-lurk-LA-124-cases-Typhus-confirmed.html

A brief history of typhus as a epidemic

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Depiction of typhus outbreak in Byzantine Empire

Typhus – European History of Diseases

https://sites.google.com/a/medwayschools.org/european-history-diseases/assignments

 

British Guard post at Belson Camp WWII

I really don’t think there is to much to add.  Typhus is treatable and 124 cases (known and confirmed), if spread out over time, the local medical institutions SHOULD be able to handle it. You are talking about a population that mostly has a basic mistrust of government and may hide from treatment, thus spreading it even further.

West Nile Virus and Other Domestic Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2018 | MMWR

Includes statistics for West Nile Virus, La Crosse, Eastern Equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon, Powassan and St. Louis Encephalitis

FIGURE. Incidence* of reported cases of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease — United States, 2018

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6831a1.htm

Information on other diseases mentioned in this report

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Eastern Equine Encephalitis | Eastern Equine Encephalitis | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/easternequineencephalitis/index.html

Heartland Virus

Symptoms and Treatment | Heartland virus | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/heartland-virus/symptoms-treatment/index.html

Jamestown Canyon Virus

Jamestown Canyon Virus: Seroprevalence in Connecticut – Volume 7, Number 5—October 2001 – Emerging Infectious Diseases journal – CDC

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/5/01-7529_article

La Crosse Encephalitis

Symptoms and Treatment | La Crosse encephalitis | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/lac/tech/symptoms.html

Powassan

Powassan Virus | Powassan | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/powassan/

St. Louis Encephalitis

Reemergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in the Americas – Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018 – Emerging Infectious Diseases journal – CDC

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/18-0372_article

West Nile

West Nile virus | West Nile Virus | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/

WHO | New measles surveillance data from WHO

https://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/new-measles-data-august-2019/en/?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=1a30952616-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_12_03_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-1a30952616-2991989