1) Feverish malady 2) Rickettsial disease 3) Rickettsiosis 4) Typhus fever
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Typhus is any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria. The name comes from the Greek typhos (τῦφος) meaning smoky or hazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with typhus. The causative organism Rickettsia is an obligate parasite bacterium that cannot survive for long outside living cells. Typhus should not be co...
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Typhus is an acute, infectious disease transmitted by lice and fleas. Symptoms include headache, arthralgia and myalgia, chills, high fever, falling blood pressure, stupor, delirium, rash that begins on chest and spreads to rest of trunk and extremities The early rash is faint and rose colored and fades with pressure. Later the lesions become dull ...
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• (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.
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series of acute infectious diseases that appear with a sudden onset of headache, chills, fever, and general pains, proceed on the third to fifth day ... [5 related articles]
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Any one of a group of infectious diseases caused by bacteria transmitted by lice, fleas, mites, and ticks. Symptoms include fever, headache, and rash. The most serious form is epidemic typhus, which...
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<disease, microbiology> An acute infectious disease characterised by high fever, a skin eruption and severe headache. In the past, typhus has been a disease of war, famine or catastrophe, being spread by lice, ticks or fleas. The infecting organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, sensitive to sulpha drugs or tetracycline. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(ti´fәs) any of several acute, infectious diseases caused by species of Rickettsia, usually transmitted from the feces of infected rats and other rodents to humans by lice, fleas, ticks, or mites. Rickettsiae enter the human body through cuts or breaks in the skin made by the bites of the parasites.
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An acute, infectious disease transmitted by lice and fleas. The epidemic or classic form is louse bo
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Infectious fever characterised by high fever, headache, constipation, bronchitis and rash (due to tiny haemorrhages in the skin). - The epidemic or classic form is louse borne (the human louse); - Â the endemic or murine is flea borne. Although murine suggests the mouse, the rat flea is in fact the agent of transmission
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tī′fŭs Definitions: 1. A group of acute infectious and contagious diseases, caused by rickettsiae that are transmitted by arthropods, and occurring in two principal forms: epidemic typhus and endemic (murine) typhus; typical symptoms include: severe headache, shivering and chills, high fever, malaise, and r...
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Typhus: One of a group of acute infections caused by rickettsiae, transmitted by arthropods (lice, fleas, mites), and characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and a rash. The four main entities making up the group are epidemic typhus, its recrudescent form (Brill-Zinsser disease), murine typhus, and scrub typhus. Called also ty...
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An infectious disease caused by bacteria, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever and delirium.
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An acute, infectious disease transmitted by lice and fleas. The epidemic or classic form is louse borne; the endemic or murine is flea borne. Synonyms
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Typhus (formerly known as gaol fever) is an acute contagious fever transmitted to man by body-lice and rat-fleas infected by Rickettsia prowazekii. Typhus is characterised by the eruption of rose-coloured spots, extreme prostration and often delirium. Typhus is most prevalent in buildings devoid of fresh air, the early gaols had few windows and wer...
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n] - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
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typhus A group of acute infectious and contagious diseases, caused by rickettsiae (bacteria) that are transmitted by arthropods (fleas, ticks, mites, and lice), and occurring in two principal forms: epidemic typhus and endemic (murine) typhus. Also called 'jail, camp', or 'ship fever'. The word typhus comes from Greek typhos, 'smoke, vapor, vanity...
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a group of diseases caused by the micro-organism rickettsia, spread by the bites of fleas, mites, or ticks; symptoms include headache, fever, rash, and a series of complications if untreated
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typhus fever noun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
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Any one of a group of infectious diseases caused by bacteria transmitted by lice, fleas, mites, and ticks. Symptoms include fever, headache, and rash. The most serious form is epidemic typhus, which also affects the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys and is associated with insanitary overcrowded conditions. Treatment is by antibiotics. The bacteria r...
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infectious diseases carried by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks that cause high fever, weakness, spots on the skin, and other symptoms
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an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. Also called
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