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Category:Typhus

Typhus IS NOT just typhoid fever
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{{speedy| Typhus IS NOT just typhoid fever}}

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As the [[en:Typhus]] explains:

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Multiple diseases include the word "typhus" in their description. Types include:

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! Condition

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! Bacteria

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! Arthropod

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| [[Epidemic typhus]]

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| ''[[Rickettsia prowazekii]]''

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| [[Lice]] on [[human]]s

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| When the term "typhus" is used without qualification, this is usually the condition meant. Also, historical references to "typhus" are now generally considered to be this condition.

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| [[Murine typhus]] or "endemic typhus"

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| ''[[Rickettsia typhi]]''

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| [[Flea]]s on [[rat]]s

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| [[Scrub typhus]]

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| ''[[Orientia tsutsugamushi]]''

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| [[Harvest mite]]s on [[human]]s or [[rodent]]s

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| Unlike the two conditions above, though it has the word "typhus" in the name, it is currently usually not classified in the typhus group, but in the closely related [[spotted fever]] group.{{cite book |author=Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. |title=Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease |publisher=Elsevier Saunders |location=St. Louis, Mo |year=2005 |pages=396 |isbn=0-7216-0187-1 |oclc= |doi= }}

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| [[Queensland tick typhus]][http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factsheets/general/ticks_factsheet.html Ticks Factsheet] NSW Department of Health or "Australian tick typhus" (and a ''[[Ixodes holocyclus#Spotted fevers|spotted fever]]''[http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/spotfev.htm Spotted Fevers] Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney)

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| ''[[Rickettsia australis]]''

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| [[Tick]]s

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