Typhus

Typhoid: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Typhoid fever: Description Typhoid fever is a severe diarrheal disease caused by bacteria. Doctors distinguish between typhoid fever (typhus abdominalis) and typhoid-like disease (paratyphoid fever). Every year, about 22 million people worldwide contract typhoid fever; the number of deaths is estimated at 200,000 per year. Children between the ages of five and twelve are most … Typhoid: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Spotted Fever: Symptoms, Progression, Therapy

Spotted fever: Description Spotted fever (also called louse spotted fever or tick spotted fever) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii. The germs are transmitted by blood-sucking clothes lice and tropical ticks. Spotted fever caused by clothes lice In some parts of the world, however, spotted fever is still more common today, … Spotted Fever: Symptoms, Progression, Therapy