See: Typhus, epidemic.

highly infectious and sometimes deadly disease with symptoms of itching sores and severe headache, caused by lice.

An infectious disease carried by lice or fleas that resulted in many deaths in the labour and concentration camps and ghettos.

Epidemic typhus has affected numerous military campaigns, including Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and the Eastern front during WWI.  Typhus causes widespread vascular damage, and patients experience f [..]

An acute systemic febrile Infection caused by Salmonella typhi, a serotype of Salmonella enterica.

One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. Also called fievre boutonneuse.

An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microorganism, Rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically worldwide but is mor [..]

See: Queensland tick typhus.

See Typhus, scrub.

acute infectious fever, usually accompanied by prostration, delirium, and small reddish spots, 1785, from medical Latin, from Greek typhos "stupor caused by fever," literally "smoke,&qu [..]

A severe and often fatal infectious disease. It is transmitted mainly by body lice. Its symptoms are high fever, stupor, intense headache, and a dark red rash.

A name given to several similar diseases caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Symptoms are headache, fever, chills, exhaustion, and rash. Also known as "prison fever" and as "ship fever" [..]

An infectious disease spread to people by the bite of ticks, mites, fleas and lice. Typhus is characterized by high fever, headache and a rash.

An acute, infectious disease caused by the parasite Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted by lice and fleas.  It is marked by high fever, stupor alternating with delirium, intense headache and dark red r [..]

The classic form of typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, which is transmitted from man to man by the Louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This Disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense [..]

An acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. It is transmitted to Humans by bites of infected Ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with [..]

An acute infectious Disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is liMited to eastern and Southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent Islands. Characteristics include the formation [..]

An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, Xenopsylla [..]

A disease transmitted by fleas, lice and mites, that comes with headaches, fever, depression and skin rashes

One of a group of acute infections caused by rickettsiae, transmitted by arthropods (lice, fleas, mites), and characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and a rash. The four main entities making up the group are epidemic typhus, its recrudescent form (Brill-Zinsser disease), murine typhus, and scrub typhus. Called also typhus fev [..]

A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40° C (104° F), intractable headache, and a pink-to-purple raised rash, due to infection with a microorganism called Rickettsia prowazekii. Among the other signs and symptoms of the disease are cough, dyspnea (difficulty breathing), vomiting, splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), hypotensio [..]

See Typhus, murine.

(n) rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

An infectious Disease clinically similar to Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus (Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne), but caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat Flea, Xenopsylla [..]

The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense [..]

Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus. It is caused by a related microorganism, Rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically [..]