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Epidemic Typhus - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 1st May, 2009 - 10:25am
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Epidemic Typhus
Epidemic Typhus
Is Brill-Zinsser disease the same as Epidemic Typhus?
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Post Date: 1st May, 2009 - 10:25am / Post ID: #
Typhus Epidemic
According to Medicinenet.com yes it is. It is the reoccurrence of epidemic typhus.
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| Brill-Zinsser disease: Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser. |
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