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ID DOID:0050480
Name epidemic typhus
Definition A typhus that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia prowazekii, which is transmitted by human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis). The infection has_symptom high fever, has_symptom cough, has_symptom rash, has_symptom severe muscle pain, has_symptom chills, has_symptom falling blood pressure, has_symptom stupor, has_symptom sensitivity to light, and has_symptom delirium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_typhus
Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

gram-negative_bacterial_infectious_disease

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

sylvatic typhus [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a typhus

Subclass Logical Relationships

has symptom some stupor

has symptom some chills

has material basis in some Rickettsia prowazekii

has symptom some photophobia

has symptom some rash

has symptom some high fever

transmitted by some Pediculus humanus corporis

has symptom some delirium

has symptom some cough

transmitted by some insect borne transmission

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