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typhus

Used for:

Brill Zinsser disease

Used for:

tsutsugamushi disease

Broader Terms:

Rickettsiales disease

Related Terms:

arthropod borne communicable disease

Related Terms:

Rickettsia prowazekii

Scope Note:

group of acute, arthropod borne infections caused by rickettsiae; includes epidemic (classic or louse-borne) typhus, its recrudescent form, and murine (endemic or flea-borne) typhus; all are characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and rash.

Term Number:

2623-8052


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