Typhus
| Subclass of | primary bacterial infectious disease, disease  |
|---|---|
| Taxon name | Typhus group |
| Taxon rank | no value |
| Parent taxon | Rickettsia |
| Has cause | Rickettsiaceae |
| Health specialty | infectious diseases |
| Gram staining | gram-negative bacteria |
| ICD-9-CM | 081.0, 081.9, 080 |
| ICPC 2 ID | A78 |
| NCI Thesaurus ID | C84689, C84688 |
Typhus, dem sanso know as typhus fever, be a group of infectious diseases wey dey include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, den murine typhus.[1] Common symptoms such as fever, headache, den a rash[1] typically dey begin one to two weeks after exposure.[2]
De diseases be caused by specific types of bacterial infection.[1] Epidemic typhus be caused by Rickettsia prowazekii wey be spread by body lice, scrub typhus be caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi wey be spread by chiggers, den murine typhus be caused by Rickettsia typhi wey be spread by fleas.[1]
Na dem develop vaccines, buh none be commercially available.[3][4][5] Prevention be achieved by reducing exposure to de organisms wey dey spread de disease.[3][4][5] Treatment be plus de antibiotic doxycycline.[2] Epidemic typhus generally dey occur insyd outbreaks wen poor sanitary conditions den crowding be present.[6] While once common, e now be rare.[3] Scrub typhus dey occur insyd Southeast Asia, Japan, den northern Australia.[4] Murine typhus dey occur insyd tropical den subtropical areas of de world.[5]
Na dem describe typhus since at least 1528.[7] De name dey cam from de Greek tûphos (τῦφος), wey dey mean 'hazy' anaa 'smoky' wey na dem commonly use am as a word for delusion, wey dey describe de state of mind of those wey be infected.[7] While typhoid dey mean 'typhus-like', typhus den typhoid fever be distinct diseases wey different types of bacteria cause, de latter by specific strains of Salmonella typhi.[8] However, insyd sam languages such as German, de term typhus dey mean 'typhoid fever', den de here-described typhus be called by anoda name, such as de language ein equivalent of 'lice fever'.
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 3 4 "Typhus Fevers". CDC.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Information for Health Care Providers | Typhus Fevers". CDC.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Epidemic Typhus | Typhus Fevers". CDC.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Scrub Typhus". CDC.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Murine Typhus". CDC.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ "Typhus". WHO.int. World Health Organization. May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
- 1 2 Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ (2014). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 2217. ISBN 9780323263733. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.
- ↑ Evans AS, Brachman PS (2013). Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control. Springer. p. 839. ISBN 9781461553274. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.
