Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Los Angeles California (NBCLA) — An officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Station has contracted Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, and another is suspected of contracting typhus, a disease carried by rats and fleas, the LAPD told the I-Team Wednesday.

Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Typhoid fever is rare in industrialized countries like the United States, per the CDC.

Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles

According to the CDC, you can get typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever if:

You eat food or drink a beverage that has been touched by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi and who has not washed their hands thoroughly after going to the bathroom.
Sewage contaminated with Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi gets into water you drink.
Sewage contaminated with Salmonella Typhi or Salmonella Paratyphi gets into water used to rinse food you eat raw.

Read more here: nbclosangeles.com/investigations/LAPD-Officers-Diagnosed-With-Salmonella-Typhi-Typhus-510589141.html