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ANSWER 9
WHY not the others?
SALIENT POINTS:
Note that there is NO scrub typhus in the Americas: this occurs in Asia and Oceania.
In the Americas:
R. typhi: murine typhus
R. prowakezii: epidemic typhus (usually spread by lice)
R. parkeri (spread by Amblyoma ticks)
R. rickettsii: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
(spread by Dermacentor ticks).