Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever: caused by Rickettsia prowazeki; the common type in Uganda, which is transmitted to man (the reservoir) by lice}Murine (endemic) typhus fever: caused by Rickettsia typhi (mooseri) and transmitted by rat fleas. Rats and mice are the reservoir}Scrub typhus fever (mite-borne typhus): caused by R. tsutsugamushi and transmitted by rodent mites