Question 1

how can rickettsia prowazeckii (epidemic typhus) reproduce?

Accepted Answer

Epidemic Typhus: Rickettsia prowazekii only replicate within host cells.

Question 2

can you tell me how rickettsia prowazeckii (epidemic typhus) reproduce?

Accepted Answer

Reproduction: Rickettsia prowazekii only replicate within host cells.

Question 3

how many people died from typhus?

Accepted Answer

Refer to WHO: Please refer to the World Health Organization (WHO) website for more information on Typhus. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs162/en/

Question 4

what is the best way to prevent typhus?

Accepted Answer

Doxycycline: If you are talking about classical epidemic typhus, oral Doxycycline can prevent it.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of typhus infection?

Accepted Answer

Fever, headache,rash: Typhus comes in different forms.  Epidemic typhus spread by clothing (body) lice.  Murine typhus spread by rodent fleas.  Scrub typhus spread by chiggers.  Of these, murine typhus is not uncommon in the usa. Indeed, southern california, especially around long beach seems to be a "hot bed" of late for murine typhus.

Question 6

can typhus fever still be spread around the world?

Accepted Answer

Not likely: Classical epidemic typhus, spread by the clothing or body louse, is not as likely to be linked to war or famine or population upheaval.  It still does pop up its ugly head at times.

Question 7

how many people worldwide have been infected with epidemic typhus?

Accepted Answer

Look it up: Are you looking for help with your homework? This isn't the kind of thing that most doctors memorize. We would have to look it up. And if we can, so can you.  Good luck with your assignment!

Question 8

about how many people have died of epidemic typhus throughout history?

Accepted Answer

Billions: From wwi backwards, probably more soldiers died of epidemic typhus than from combat in each war.  It is the classical pale horseman of the apocalypse.

Question 9

what disease is like typhus?

Accepted Answer

Typhoid: Typhoid is called that because it is typhus-like, given that name before the modern era of microbiology.  There are milder "typhus" diseases including scrub typhus and murine typhus that are caused by different rickettsia.  There is also recrudescent typhus, called brill-zinsser disease, a rarely reported disease from latent organisms, often decades after typhus.

Question 10

what is typhus and what causes it? and how to cure it

Accepted Answer

Typhus: There are several kinds of typhus, all caused by organisms in the rickettsia genus.  It's transmitted to humans by fleas, ticks, and parasites on the skin of flying squirrels. It's treated with doxycycline. We don't see much typhus in the U.S., but there are occasional cases of epidemic or sylvatic typhus here.

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