1C30.1
Recrudescent typhus
Tifo recrudescente
CategoryDefinition
This is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters. The causative organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis).
Inclusions
- Brill-Zinsser disease
Index Terms
Recrudescent typhusBrill diseaseBrill-Zinsser diseaserecrudescent typhus due to rickettsia prowazekiirecrudescent typhus feverrecrudescent Brill-Zinsser typhus due to rickettsia prowazekiirecrudescent Brill diseaserecrudescent typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii