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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.

Resources in This Category

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Typhus

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001363.htm
  Features symptoms, cause, treatment, and prevention.

• Murine Typhus (Fleaborne Typhus)

  http://www.dshs.texas.gov/idcu/disease/murine_typhus/
  FAQ from the Texas Department of Health.

• Patient UK: Typhus

  http://patient.info/doctor/typhus-pro
  Provides information on this rickettsial infection including its epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, management, prognosis and prevention.

• Scrub Typhus

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/971797-overview
  Detailed information about this acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mites.

• Typhus Fever (Flea-borne) Fact Sheet

  http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/epidemiology-fact-sheets/endemic-typhus-fever-flea-borne/
  FAQ from the Virginia Department of Health.

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