Typhus

Typhus, dem sanso know as typhus fever, be a group of infectious diseases wey dey include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, den murine typhus. Common symptoms such as fever, headache, den a rash typically dey begin one to two weeks after exposure.

De diseases be caused by specific types of bacterial infection. Epidemic typhus be caused by Rickettsia prowazekii wey be spread by body lice, scrub typhus be caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi wey be spread by chiggers, den murine typhus be caused by Rickettsia typhi wey be spread by fleas.

Na dem develop vaccines, buh none be commercially available. Prevention be achieved by reducing exposure to de organisms wey dey spread de disease. Treatment be plus de antibiotic doxycycline. Epidemic typhus generally dey occur insyd outbreaks wen poor sanitary conditions den crowding be present. While once common, e now be rare. Scrub typhus dey occur insyd Southeast Asia, Japan, den northern Australia. Murine typhus dey occur insyd tropical den subtropical areas of de world.

Na dem describe typhus since at least 1528. De name dey cam from de Greek  (τῦφος), wey dey mean 'hazy' anaa 'smoky' wey na dem commonly use am as a word for delusion, wey dey describe de state of mind of those wey be infected. While typhoid dey mean 'typhus-like', typhus den typhoid fever be distinct diseases wey different types of bacteria cause, de latter by specific strains of Salmonella typhi. However, insyd sam languages such as German, de term  dey mean 'typhoid fever', den de here-described typhus be called by anoda name, such as de language ein equivalent of 'lice fever'.

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