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1C30.0 Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

This is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters. The causative organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis). This diagnosis is due to a species of gram-negative, obligate intracellular parasitic, aerobic bacteria (belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria) that is the aetiologic agent of epidemic typhus, transmitted in the faeces of lice.

synonyms

• Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii
• classical typhus
• epidemic typhus
• epidemic typhus fever
• louse-borne typhus
• louse-borne typhus fever
• Classical typhus fever
• louse-borne tabardillo
• epidemic louse-borne typhus
• famine fever
• epidemic typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii

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