TYPHUS
\tˈa͡ɪfəs], \tˈaɪfəs], \t_ˈaɪ_f_ə_s]\
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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.
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A dangerous contagious fever marked by great weakness, delirium, and a peculiar rash, or eruptions of red sports on the body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An infectious fever accompanied with extreme prostration.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A contagious fever characterized by petechial eruption, high temperature, and great prostration.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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