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MeSH Heading: Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.789.725.805; C01.920.914.725.805
Unique ID: D014438
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Term(s): Brill Disease; Brill's Disease; Brill-Zinsser Disease; Epidemic Typhus; Jail Fever; Louse-Borne Typhus; Rickettsia prowazekii Infection; Typhus
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
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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.
Terms: Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne Preferred Term
Term UI T042226
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Jail Fever
Term UI T769796
Date04/20/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Epidemic Typhus
Term UI T769795
Date04/20/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Rickettsia prowazekii Infection
Term UI T000908723
Date10/04/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Louse-Borne Typhus
Term UI T000946341
Date09/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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