WESLACO, TEXAS—
DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT
Nonvenomous insect bites · Rickettsioses diseases, unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was working in the field and contracted the flu and typhus.
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