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typhus

Group of infectious diseases

Species / taxontype of disease taxonQ160649

Also known as Typhus exanthematique · Exanthematous typhus · Murine [endemic] typhus · Typhus-group rickettsiae disease · Endemic Typhus fever · Flea typhus (disorder)

Scientific name: Typhus group
Rank: none
Parent taxon: Rickettsia

Overview

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Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms such as fever, headache, and a rash typically begin one to two weeks after exposure.

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77 statements · 42% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Cause: Rickettsiaceae
Specialty: infectious diseases
Subclass of: primary bacterial infectious disease
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1.Stated in Disease OntologyRetrieved 2020-11-27
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endemic disease
ICPC 2 ID: A78
ICD-9-CM: 081.0
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1.Stated in Disease OntologyRetrieved 2019-05-15
2.Stated in Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29Retrieved 2018-08-03
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081.9
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1.Stated in Disease OntologyRetrieved 2019-05-15
2.Stated in Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29Retrieved 2018-08-03
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080
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1.Stated in Disease OntologyRetrieved 2019-05-15
2.Stated in Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29Retrieved 2018-08-03
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Different from: Q10707494 criterion used: Swedish
Gram staining: gram-negative bacteria

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45 identifiers linking typhus across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). typhus (Q160649). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/typhus-Q160649