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typhus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | typhus fever |
| Type of | rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis |
| Has types | endemic typhus, murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus |
Examples of typhus
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Typhus should not be confused with typhoid fever, as the diseases are unrelated.
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We shipped 500 pounds to Italy, where Allied troops were suffering from typhus.
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Typhus and tuberculosis were also common in the crowded 19th century tenements.
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Frank died of typhus shortly before Bergen-Belsen was liberated by British troops.
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Her father died of typhus in 1917, after treating patients his colleagues shunned.
From the economist.com
Pestilence still rages fiercely as ever, in the form of typhus, engendered by want.
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In 1542, 30,000 soldiers died of typhus while fighting the Ottomans in the Balkans.
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Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella, is a completely different disease from typhus.
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Contemporary observers distinguished the condition from plague, malaria, and typhus.
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- Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
- Typhus is any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria. The name comes from the Greek typhus (u03C4u03CDu03C6u03BFu03C2) meaning smoky or hazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with typhus. The causative organism Rickettsia is an obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium that cannot survive for long outside living cells...
- One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever
- An acute, infectious disease transmitted by lice and fleas
- Infection caused by Rickettsiae microorganisms endemic in rodents (rats, mice, etc.). It is transmitted to humans by ticks, fleas and lice. ...
- Wr. '44, pub. '07; adapted as The Proud and the Beautiful
- Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness
- Infectious diseases carried by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks that cause high fever, weakness, spots on the skin, and other symptoms
- An infectious disease carried by fleas, lice, or mites. Deadly to the malnourished inmates of the death camps.
