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louse-borne typhus

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louse-borne typhus.
louse-borne typhus
Classic typhus, epidemic, typhus, European typhus, jail fever
A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40ºC/104º F, intractable headache and a pink-to-red raised rash, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii Prognosis Mortality ↑ with age; over half of untreated persons > age 50 die
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The low proportion of children in our study suggests that severity of the clinical manifestations may be age-dependent, as has been documented for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and louse-borne typhus fever (29).
Acute spotted fever rickettsiosis among febrile patients, Cameroon by Walker, David H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Louse-borne typhus is an acute infection which lasts for 14 days.
HEALTH BITES; MORE SEX, PLEASE, IT'S GOOD FOR YOU by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Conclusions Inhalation and transdermal or mucous membrane inoculation of infected louse feces are well-established routes of pathogen transmission during epidemics of human louse-borne typhus.
Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States by Childs, James E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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