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Typhus, murine: 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...

Typhus, epidemic: A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40

Typhus, classic: See: Typhus, epidemic.

Typhus, urban of Malaya: 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 huma...

Tick typhus, Queensland: See: Queensland tick typhus.

Tick typhus, African: See Typhus, African tick.

Typhus, African tick: 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 fi

Typhus, scrub: A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tach...

Typhus, rat-flea: See Typhus, murine.

Typhus, tropical: See Typhus, scrub.

Typhus, louse-borne: See: Typhus, epidemic.

Typhus, Queensland tick: See: Queensland tick typhus.

Typhus, European: See: Typhus, epidemic.

Typhus, endemic: See Typhus, murine.

Typhus, mite-borne: See Typhus, scrub.