MONROVIA, Calif. - A Monrovia woman contracted typhus after disposing of a dead rat she found in her backyard."I was out in the backyard with my dog and I saw the dead rat and I was a little worried she was going to eat it and get sick so I thought I better clean that up right away.
I went inside and I got a bag and turned it inside out and then I went back outside and I picked it up and turned the bag inside out and threw it in the trash and didn't really think any more of it.