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Typhus
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Description
Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by Rickettsia species, transmitted by bites of fleas, lice, or mites. Characterized by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin.
Description
Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by Rickettsia species, transmitted by bites of fleas, lice, or mites. Characterized by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin.
Typhus
Typhus
(Site) - Information about all three types - epidemic louse-borne, scrub, and endemic (murine) typhus.
Typhus Fever (Flea-borne) Fact Sheet
(Site) - FAQ from the Virginia Department of Health.
Murine Typhus (Fleaborne Typhus)
(Site) - FAQ from the Texas Department of Health.
Scrub Typhus
(Site) - Detailed information about this acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mites.
Typhus: AHealthyMe.com
(Site) - Factsheet on the four main types of typus.
CDC Travelers' Health Information on Typhus Fevers
(Site) - Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Typhus Disease Profile
(Site) - Brief information about louse-borne typhus.
Last update: 2008-05-06 13:31:57
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