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iRickettsia prowazekii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Alpha Proteobacteria Order: Rickettsiales Family: Rickettsiaceae Genus: Rickettsia Species: R. prowazekii
Binomial name
Rickettsia prowazekii da Rocha-Lima, 1916

For the effect of epidemic typhus on history, see Typhus#Typhus in history.
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Epidemic typhus

Epidemic typhus, also called Jail Fever, Hospital Fever or Famine fever is a form of typhus caused by the bacillus Rickettsia prowazekii, carried by the human body louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Feeding on a human who carries the bacillus infects the louse. R. prowazekii grows in the louse's gut and is excreted in the feces. The disease is transmitted to an uninfected human who scratches the bite and rubs the feces into the wound. Incubation period is one to two weeks. R. prowazekii can remain viable and virulent in the dried feces for many days. The disease will kill the louse and it will remain viable for many weeks in the dead louse. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Epidemic typhus. ... Species Bacillus anthracis Bacillus cereus Bacillus coagulans Bacillus natto Bacillus subtilis Bacillus thuringiensis etc. ... The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) is a louse which infests humans. ... Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. ...

Epidemic typhus rash in Burundi

The symptoms set in quickly, and are among the most severe of the typhus family. They include severe headache, a sustained high fever, cough, rash, severe muscle pain, chills, falling blood pressure, stupor, sensitivity to light, and delirium. A rash begins on the chest about five days after the fever appears, and spreads to the trunk and extremities but does not reach the palms and soles. The infection is treated with antibiotics. Intravenous fluids and oxygen may be needed to stabilize the patient. The mortality rate is 10% to 60%, but is vastly lower if antibiotics are used early. Original caption: Rash in a man with epidemic typhus in Burundi. ... Original caption: Rash in a man with epidemic typhus in Burundi. ... A headache (medically known as cephalalgia, sometimes spelled as cephalgia) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. ... An analogue medical thermometer showing the temperature of 38. ... A typical rash A rash is a change in the skin which affects its appearance or texture. ... Delirium is a medical term used to describe an acute decline in attention and cognition. ... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Nonmetals, chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) very pale blue (liquid) Atomic mass 15. ...

Brill-Zinsser disease

Brill-Zinsser disease is a type of epidemic typhus which recurs in someone after a long period of latency (similar to the relationship between chickenpox and shingles). This type of recurrence can also occur in immunosuppressed patients. Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for Varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. ... Herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area of a dermatome. ... Immunosuppression is the medical suppression of the immune system. ...