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Werner-His disease |
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Werner-His disease His-Werner disease, trench fever, Wolhynia fever A louse-borne disease caused by Rochalimaea quintana, a rickettsia that multiplies in the gut of body lice Epidemiology Mexico, northern Africa, eastern Europe, etc;
transmission by rubbing infected louse feces into abraded–scuffed skin or conjunctiva Clinical Abrupt onset of high fever, headache, back and leg pain, fleeting rash; recovery takes a month or more; relapses common Management If Sx are
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