Brill-Zinsser disease
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Brill-Zins·ser dis·ease
(bril zinz'sĕr), an endogenous reinfection associated with the "carrier state" in patients who previously had epidemic typhus fever; it is a rather mild disease and may be mistaken for endemic (murine) typhus; first described by Brill in New York City but not recognized as a recrudescent form of epidemic typhus until after the work of Zinsser.
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Brill-Zinsser disease
A relapse of epidemic typhus caused by dormant Rickettsia prowazekii, which is reactivated due to intercurrent disease.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Brill-Zins·ser dis·ease
(bril-zin'sĕr di-zēz') An endogenous reinfection in people who previously had epidemic typhus fever; it is mild and may be mistaken for endemic (murine) typhus.
Synonym(s):
Brill disease,
recrudescent typhus.
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Brill,
Nathan Edwin, U.S. physician, 1860-1925. Brill-Symmers disease - obsolete term for nodular lymphoma.
Brill-Zinsser disease - an endogenous reinfection associated with the "carrier state" in persons who previously had epidemic typhus fever. Synonym(s):
Brill disease;
recrudescent typhus fever;
recrudescent typhus
Zinsser,
Hans, U.S. bacteriologist and immunologist, 1878-1940. Brill-Zinsser disease - see under
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