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Information: Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by Rickettsia species, transmitted by bites of fleas, lice, or mites. Characterized by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin.
Typhus Sites:
Murine Typhus (Fleaborne Typhus) Murine Typhus (Fleaborne Typhus): FAQ from the Texas Department of Health. (Typhus) http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/zoonosis/diseases/TYPHUS/typhus.asp
Typhus Disease Profile Typhus Disease Profile: Brief information about louse-borne typhus. (Typhus) http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/historybug/typhus.htm
Typhus Fever (Flea-borne) Fact Sheet Typhus Fever (Flea-borne) Fact Sheet: FAQ from the Virginia Department of Health. (Typhus) http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/typhusf.htm
Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus Fever Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus Fever: Information about the only rickettsial disease that causes explosive epidemics in humans. The fever, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, is transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis). (Typhus) http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact162.html
CDC Travelers' Health Information on Typhus Fevers CDC Travelers' Health Information on Typhus Fevers: Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Conrtol and Prevention. (Typhus) http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/typhus.htm
Typhus Typhus: Information about all three types - epidemic louse-borne, scrub, and endemic (murine) typhus. (Typhus) http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/typhus.htm
Typhus: AHealthyMe.com Typhus: AHealthyMe.com: Factsheet on the four main types of typus. (Typhus) http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100084835
Scrub Typhus Scrub Typhus: Detailed information about this acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mites. (Typhus) http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2710.htm
Additional
Information: Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by Rickettsia species, transmitted by bites of fleas, lice, or mites. Characterized by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin.
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