Typhus: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Typhus
Typhus is any one of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria. The name comes from the Greek typhos, meaning smoky or lazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with typhus. Rickettsia is endemic in rodent hosts, including mice and rats, and spreads to humans through mites, fleas and body lice. The insects often flourish under conditions of poor hygiene, such as those found in prisons or refugee camps, amongst the homeless, or until the middle of the 20th century, in armies in the field. In tropical countries, typhus is often mistaken for dengue fever.
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How to say "Typhus" in other languages:
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(Japanese) | チフス |
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(German) | Fleckfieber |
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(Spanish) | Tifus |
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(French) | Typhus |
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(Italian) | Tifo |
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Scrub typhus is a form of typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers, which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, cough, and gastrointestinal symptoms. An early attempt to create a scrub typhus vaccine occurred in...
A bacterial agent which causes epidemic typhus. Believed to be a close cousin to bacteria used in forming the first mitochondrial DNA. This bacteria was named for H. T. Ricketts and S. J. M. Prowazek, typhus researchers who died while studying various Rickettsia strains. References Nature 396, 109...
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Bolivian Haemorrhagic Fever is more commonly known as Black Typhus. The infection has a slow onset with fever, malaise, headache and muscular pains. Petechiae (blood spots) on the upper body and bleeding from the nose and gums are observed when the disease progresses to the hemorrhagic phase. This...
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Percy C. Mather was the second China Inland Mission missionary to Eastern Turkestan. He died on May 24 1933, of typhus, when caring for people wounded during the Muslim Rebellion led by Ma Chung-Yin Additional resources on Percy Mather : Percy Mather: The Making of a Pioneer by Mildred Cable...
epidemic typhus. Biography Born in Rouen, France, Charles learned about biology early from his father..., where he did his Nobel Prize-winning work on typhus. He was still director of the Institute when he... typhus fever His introduction of a vaccination for Malta fever His discovery of the transmission method...
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are carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, and cause diseases such as typhus, scrub typhus, rickettsialpox, Brill-Zinsser disease, Boutonneuse fever, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in...
inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. Born in Prerov, Moravia, Weigl graduated... 1909 discovery of Charles Nicolle that lice were the vector of epidemic typhus and on the work for the... with typhus Growing them more, for 5 more days Extracting the midguts and grinding them up into a...
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