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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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