Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
"Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache, malaise, and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.
Concept/Terms
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne- Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
- Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus
- Louse-Borne Typhus, Epidemic
- Typhus, Epidemic Louse Borne
- Epidemic Typhus
- Typhus, Epidemic
- Jail Fever
- Fever, Jail
- Fevers, Jail
- Jail Fevers
Brill-Zinsser Disease- Brill-Zinsser Disease
- Brill Zinsser Disease
- Disease, Brill-Zinsser
- Brill's Disease
- Brills Disease
- Disease, Brill's
- Brill Disease
- Disease, Brill
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar. Parasit Vectors. 2017 03 04; 10(1):125.
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A Mixed Outbreak of Epidemic Typhus Fever and Trench Fever in a Youth Rehabilitation Center: Risk Factors for Illness from a Case-Control Study, Rwanda, 2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 08 03; 95(2):452-6.
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Typhus syncopalis: an epidemic in Connecticut in 1823. Conn Med. 2012 Oct; 76(9):555-9.
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Imaging of rickettsial, spirochetal, and parasitic infections. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2012 Nov; 22(4):633-57.
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Acute pharyngitis: an unusual presentation of acute endemic typhus. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Oct; 133(4):645.