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- Medical condition (new).name
- Typhus
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Typhus fever
- Medical condition (new).types
- Epidemic typhus, Scrub typhus, Murine typhus
- Medical condition (new).image
- Epidemic typhus Burundi.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Rash caused by epidemic typhus
- Medical condition (new).field
- Infectious disease
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Fever, headache, rash
- Medical condition (new).onset
- 1–2 weeks after exposure
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Bacterial infection spread by parasites such as Rickettsia prowazekii (ET), Orientia tsutsugamushi (ST), and Rickettsia typhi (MT).
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Meningoencephalitis
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Poor sanitation
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Scrub typhus
- Epidemic typhus
- Murine typhus
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern epidemics
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- References
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms such as fever, headache, and a rash typically begin one to two weeks after exposure.
The diseases are caused by specific types of bacterial infection. Epidemic typhus is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii spread by body lice, scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi spread by chiggers, and murine typhus is caused by Rickettsia typhi spread by fleas.