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Descriptor English: Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Descriptor Spanish: Tifus Epidémico Transmitido por Piojos
Descriptor tifus epidémico transmitido por piojos
Entry term(s) enfermedad de Brill
enfermedad de Brill-Zinsser
infección por Rickettsia prowazekii
tifus
tifus exantemático
tifus transmitido por piojos
Scope note: Forma clásica de tifus, causada por RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, que se transmite de hombre a hombre por el piojo Pediculus humanus corporis. Esta enfermedad se caracteriza por su comienzo súbito con cefalea intensa, malestar general y mialgias generalizadas, seguidas por la formación de una erupción cutánea macular y trastornos vasculares y neurológicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tifo Epidêmico Transmitido por Piolhos
Descriptor French: Typhus épidémique à poux
Entry term(s): Brill Disease
Brill Zinsser Disease
Brill's Disease
Brill-Zinsser Disease
Brills Disease
Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus
Epidemic Typhus
Fever, Jail
Infection, Rickettsia prowazekii
Jail Fever
Louse Borne Typhus
Louse-Borne Typhus
Louse-Borne Typhus, Epidemic
Rickettsia prowazekii Infection
Rickettsia prowazekii Infections
Typhus
Typhus, Epidemic
Typhus, Epidemic Louse Borne
Typhus, Louse-Borne
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.789.725.805
C01.920.914.725.805
SP4.909.332.216.868
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014438
Scope note: The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache, malaise, and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 77; was TYPHUS 1963-76; BRILL'S DISEASE was heading 1975-96 (see under TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE 1977-90, see under TYPHUS 1975-76), was see under TYPHUS 1963-74; BRILL-ZINSSER DISEASE was see BRILL'S DISEASE 1992-96
Online Note: use TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE to search BRILL-ZINSSER DISEASE 1992-96, BRILL'S DISEASE 1966-96, & TYPHUS 1966-76
History Note: 77; was TYPHUS 1963-76; BRILL'S DISEASE was heading 1975-96 (see under TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE 1977-90, see under TYPHUS 1975-76), was see under TYPHUS 1963-74; BRILL-ZINSSER DISEASE was see BRILL'S DISEASE 1992-96
DeCS ID: 22712
Unique ID: D014438
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/10
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne - Preferred
Concept UI M0022193
Scope note The classic form of typhus, caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII, which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache, malaise, and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.
Preferred term Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Entry term(s) Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus
Epidemic Typhus
Fever, Jail
Infection, Rickettsia prowazekii
Jail Fever
Louse Borne Typhus
Louse-Borne Typhus
Louse-Borne Typhus, Epidemic
Rickettsia prowazekii Infection
Rickettsia prowazekii Infections
Typhus, Epidemic
Typhus, Epidemic Louse Borne
Typhus, Louse-Borne
Typhus - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0022192
Preferred term Typhus
Brill-Zinsser Disease - Narrower
Concept UI M0022191
Preferred term Brill-Zinsser Disease
Entry term(s) Brill Disease
Brill Zinsser Disease
Brill's Disease
Brills Disease



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