What is Epidemic typhus?

What is Epidemic typhus?

• Epidemic typhus: An infectious disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice. The severity of the illness may range from moderate to fatal.

Epidemic typhus: Introduction

Types of Epidemic typhus:

Broader types of Epidemic typhus:

• Typhus
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

How serious is Epidemic typhus?

Complications of Epidemic typhus: see complications of Epidemic typhus

What causes Epidemic typhus?

Causes of Epidemic typhus: see causes of Epidemic typhus

What are the symptoms of Epidemic typhus?

Symptoms of Epidemic typhus: see symptoms of Epidemic typhus

Complications of Epidemic typhus: see complications of Epidemic typhus

Can anyone else get Epidemic typhus?

More information: see contagiousness of Epidemic typhus
Inheritance: see inheritance of Epidemic typhus

Epidemic typhus: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Epidemic typhus.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Epidemic typhus.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Epidemic typhus: Infectious Disease Specialist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Epidemic typhus.
Treatments for Epidemic typhus: see treatments for Epidemic typhus
Research for Epidemic typhus: see research for Epidemic typhus

Name of Epidemic typhus

Main name of condition: Epidemic typhus

Epidemic typhus: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Epidemic typhus:

• Rickettsemia
• Louse-borne typhus
• Classic typhus
• Brill-Zinsser disease
• Recrudescence of epidemic typhus
• Murine typhus
• Flea-borne typhus
• Endemic typhus
• Scrub typhus
• Tsutsugamushi fever
• Rickettsial infection
• Pediculus corporis

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