1) Rodent-carried disease
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Epidemic typhus (also called `camp fever`, `jail fever`, `hospital fever`, `ship fever`, `famine fever`, `putrid fever`, `petechial fever`, `Epidemic louse-borne typhus,` and `louse-borne typhus`) is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters. The causative organism i...
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(from the article `typhus`) Epidemic typhus has also been called camp fever, jail fever, and war fever, names that suggest overcrowding, underwashing, and lowered standards of ...
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<infectious disease> A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40° C (104° F), intractable headache, and a pink-to-red raised rash. The cause is a microorganism called Rickettsia prowazekii. ... It is found worldwide and is transmitted by lice. The lice become infected on typhus patients and transmit illness to other people. Th...
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the classic form of typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and spread from person to person by infected human body lice or occasionally head lice. One to two weeks after the louse bite, symptoms begin to appear, including headache, runny nose, cough, nausea, and chest pain, followed in a few days by high fever and chills, vomi...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. typhus caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and spread by body lice; marked by high fever, mental and physical depression, and a macular and papular eruption; lasts for about 2 weeks and occurs when large crowds are brought together and personal hygiene standards are at a low ebb; recrudescences can occur. Synonyms: European t...
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Epidemic typhus: See: Typhus, epidemic.
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severe and sometimes fatal infection caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice
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