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2 days ago · Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. [2] [3] Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. [4] [5] Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several days. [4]
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Two serotypes 1a and 1b with antigens 2a and 2b on surface,...
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3 days ago · Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D. 1,143,000–3,429,000 (estimated 30–90% of population) [68] [69] 1629–1631 Italian plague (part of the second plague pandemic ) 1629–1631. Italy. Bubonic plague.
Mar 25, 2024 · Contact us! Phone: 608-267-9003 | Fax: 608-261-4976. Wisconsin Local Health Departments – Regional offices – Tribal agencies. Last revised March 25, 2024. Typhus fever is an illness also known as "murine typhus," "endemic typhus," or "flea-borne typhus" that is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi.
Apr 4, 2024 · Howard T. Ricketts (born February 9, 1871, Findlay, Ohio, U.S.—died May 3, 1910, Mexico City, Mexico) was an American pathologist who discovered the causative organisms and mode of transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and epidemic typhus (known in Mexico, where Ricketts worked for a time and died of typhus, as tabardillo).
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Mar 29, 2024 · typhus. Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle (born Sept. 21, 1866, Rouen, France—died Feb. 28, 1936, Tunis, Tunisia) was a French bacteriologist who received the 1928 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery (1909) that typhus is transmitted by the body louse. After obtaining his medical degree in Paris in 1893, Nicolle returned to ...
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3 days ago · 36.1 The human body louse. Before we discuss relapsing fever and typhus, it is first helpful to describe the vector of both these diseases. The human body louse (species name, Pediculus humanus humanus) is commonly found in the clothes, bedding and on the bodies of people living in overcrowded and insanitary conditions, where there is poor personal hygiene.
2 days ago · Originally created to be a digital archive for Lowell documents from 1826 to 1861, this website has grown to cover many periods and events in Lowell's history. Part 10 - This section discusses the Typhoid epidemic of 1890 and 1891 in the City of Lowell. The effects on the residents of the city, the efforts to control it, and the work to identify the source of the outbreak and prevent future ...
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