typhus
Let an agent explain the typhus diseases and their vectors, relay symptoms, treatment and prevention from public health sources in general terms, present history with attribution, and distinguish typhus from typhoid fever.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the typhus diseases and their vectors, relay symptoms, treatment and prevention from public health sources in general terms, present history with attribution, and distinguish typhus from typhoid fever.
A group of infectious diseases caused by Rickettsia and Orientia bacteria transmitted by lice, fleas and mites, including epidemic typhus spread by body lice, endemic or murine typhus spread by fleas, scrub typhus spread by chigger mites, and Brill-Zinsser disease as a late recurrence of epidemic typhus; typhus causes fever, headache and rash, historically killed millions in wars and famines, and is treated with doxycycline.
What it is for: Not applicable; a group of diseases.
It can be explain kinds and vectors; relay treatment and prevention in general terms; present history; distinguish from typhoid.
Distinguishing features
Vector-borne rickettsial infection
Fever, headache and rash
Historical epidemics
Doxycycline treatment
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a clinical illness with fever and rash.
Physical character
scrub typhus annual cases: about 1 million people - estimates
epidemic typhus untreated fatality: about 10-40 percent - historical
How it is recognised
Rickettsial diseases spread by lice, fleas and mites
Epidemic, endemic and scrub typhus
Typhoid fever is a Salmonella infection; spotted fevers are related rickettsioses
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - and Orientia bacteria
is contrasted with - a different disease
In practice
Families and kinds
epidemic typhus, Rickettsia prowazekii, louse-borne
endemic or murine typhus, Rickettsia typhi, flea-borne
scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, mite-borne
Brill-Zinsser disease as recrudescence
sylvatic typhus from flying squirrels
Identifiers
ICD-11 1C30 typhus fever
MeSH D014438
Standards and regulation
WHO and CDC guidance
Notifiable disease rules in many countries
International Health Regulations for epidemic typhus
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing typhus with typhoid
Delayed treatment
Agents giving personal medical advice
Outbreaks in crowding and displacement
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.typhus
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The diseases.
Clinical.
Kinds
Kinds and vectors.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of typhus exist, and how is each transmitted? definition
- Is the question about typhus, typhoid or a spotted fever? boundary
Illness
Symptoms and course.
Illness
Illness.
- What are the symptoms and course, in general terms? definition
- Is the user describing current symptoms, which need a clinician? boundary
Care Treatment and prevention.
Public health.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is typhus diagnosed and treated according to guidelines, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How is typhus prevented through vector control and hygiene? provenance
- Which entry fits vector control? action
Where Epidemiology.
Sources.
Distribution
Distribution.
Distribution
Distribution.
- Where do the typhus diseases occur today, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Outbreaks
Outbreaks.
Outbreaks
Outbreaks.
- When do outbreaks occur, and how are they managed? provenance
- Which entry fits outbreak response? action
History History.
Attribution.
Epidemics
Historical epidemics.
Epidemics
Epidemics.
- How did typhus affect wars, famines and camps, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific historical event? action
Science
Scientific history.
Science
Science.
- How were the causes and vectors discovered, including work by Nicolle, Zinsser and others? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of microbiology? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should scrub typhus be a separate primary entry?
- How should public health guidance be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct diseases; should they be split off?