Typhus

Typhus, wanda kuma aka sani da zazzaɓin typhus, rukuni ne na cututtuka masu yaduwa waɗanda suka haɗa da typhus na annoba, typhus, da kuma murine typhus .  Alamomin gama gari sun haɗa da zazzabi, ciwon kai, da kurji. Yawanci  waɗannan suna farawa mako ɗaya zuwa biyu bayan bayyanar. 

Cututtukan suna haifar da takamaiman nau'ikan kamuwa da cuta na kwayan cuta .  Cutar taifus ta samo asali ne daga Rickettsia prowazekii da ake gwagwal yadawa ta hanyar tsummoki, typhus na goge baki yana faruwa ne saboda Orientia tsutsugamushi da chiggers ke yadawa, kuma ciwon murine yana haifar da Rickettsia typhi da ƙuma ke yadawa . 

A halin yanzu babu maganin rigakafi da ake samu a kasuwa.  Rigakafin shine ta hanyar rage kamuwa da kwayoyin halitta masu yada cutar.    Ana yin magani tare da maganin rigakafi doxycycline.  Annobar typhus gabaɗaya tana faruwa a cikin barkewar cuta lokacin da rashin tsafta da cunkoson jama'a suke. Duk da yake sau ɗaya ya zama gama gari, yanzu yana da wuya. Ciwon typhus yana faruwa a kudu maso gabashin Asiya, Japan, da arewacin Ostiraliya. Murine typhus yana faruwa a wurare masu zafi da wurare masu zafi na duniya.

An kwatanta Typhus tun aƙalla 1528 AD.  Sunan ya fito daga Girkanci tûphos (τύφος) ma'ana hazo, yana kwatanta yanayin tunanin waɗanda suka kamu da cutar.  Yayin da “typhoid” na nufin “mai kama da typhus”,  typhus da zazzaɓin typhoid cututtuka ne daban-daban waɗanda nau’ikan ƙwayoyin cuta ke haifar da su. 

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