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What (who) is typhus$86020$ - definition
TYPHUS TRANSMITTED BY FLEAS (XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS), USUALLY ON RATS
Endemic typhus; Hunger-typhus
Typhus
![[[Charles Nicolle]] received the 1928 [[Nobel Prize]] in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles Nicolle at microscope.jpg?width=200 "[[Charles Nicolle]] received the 1928 [[Nobel Prize]] in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus.")
![A [[Civilian Public Service]] worker distributes rat poison for typhus control in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], around 1945.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CPS141ratpoison.jpg?width=200 "A [[Civilian Public Service]] worker distributes rat poison for typhus control in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], around 1945.")
GROUP OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Typhus (disease); Typhus Fever; Jail Fever; Typhus fever; Gaol fever; Hospital fever; Famine fever; Rickettsial disease; Jail fever; Jail-fever; Gaol-fever; Camp Fever; Ship fever; Camp fever; Louse-born epidemic typhus; Gaol distemper
·noun A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, ·etc. ·see Jail fever, under Jail.
typhus
GROUP OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Typhus (disease); Typhus Fever; Jail Fever; Typhus fever; Gaol fever; Hospital fever; Famine fever; Rickettsial disease; Jail fever; Jail-fever; Gaol-fever; Camp Fever; Ship fever; Camp fever; Louse-born epidemic typhus; Gaol distemper
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¦ noun an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium.
Derivatives
typhous adjective
Origin
C17: mod. L., from Gk tuphos 'smoke, stupor'.
hospital fever
GROUP OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Typhus (disease); Typhus Fever; Jail Fever; Typhus fever; Gaol fever; Hospital fever; Famine fever; Rickettsial disease; Jail fever; Jail-fever; Gaol-fever; Camp Fever; Ship fever; Camp fever; Louse-born epidemic typhus; Gaol distemper
¦ noun historical louse-borne typhus acquired in overcrowded, insanitary conditions in an old-fashioned hospital.
Wikipedia
Murine typhus
Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus or flea-borne typhus, is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats, in contrast to epidemic typhus which is usually transmitted by lice. Murine typhus is an under-recognized entity, as it is often confused with viral illnesses. Most people who are infected do not realize that they have been bitten by fleas. Historically the term "hunger-typhus" was used in accounts by British POWs in Germany at the end of World War I when they described conditions in Germany.
