See Also: typhus, louse-borne(medicine)
louse-borne typhus(medicine)
typhus, epidemic louse-borne(medicine)
flea-borne typhus(medicine)
mite-borne typhus(medicine)
typhus, mite-borne(medicine)
typhus, endemic flea-borne(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
louse(encyclopedia)
louse(2)(dictionary)

louse-borne typhus (medicine)


louse-borne typhus


A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40?c (104?f), intractable headache, and a pink-to-red raised rash. The cause is a microorganism called rickettsia prowazekii. It is found worldwide and is transmitted by lice. The lice become infected on typhus patients and transmit illness to other people. The mortality increases with age and over half of untreated persons age 50 or more die. Also called epidemic, european, classic typhus and jail fever.