Rickettsia prowazekii typhus

Without appropriate antibiotic treatment, fatality rates can approach 100%. The causative agent of epidemic typhus is Rickettsia prowazekii. Typhus vaccine consists of a sterile aqueous suspension of killed R. prowazekii which has been propagated in either yolk sacs of embryonated eggs, rodent lungs or the peritoneal cavity of gerbils. [Pg.440]

Typhus vaccines Killed epidemic Rickettsia prowazekii Active immunization against louse-borne t q)hus... [Pg.438]

Epidemic Typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Rickettsia Probable... [Pg.128]

Epidemic typhus Louseborne rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, seen most frequently in conditions of overcrowding and poor sanitation. [Pg.1132]

Ebola, Marburg, etc.) Q fever Coxiella burnetii) Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans) Staphylococcal enterotoxin B Typhus fever Rickettsia prowazekii) Viral encephalitis Threats to water safety Vibrio cholerae and Cryptosporidium parvum ... [Pg.451]

Typhus is caused by the rickettsial Rickettsia prowazekii and most often spread by another arthropod, the body louse. The Latin name was given in honor of Ricketts and another pioneering researcher, Stanislas von Prowazek. Both scientists eventually died from typhus as a result of their research. [Pg.201]

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