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).
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Brill-Zinsser disease
Also indexed as
Brill diseaseBrill-Zinsser diseaseRecrudescent typhusrecrudescent Brill diseaserecrudescent Brill-Zinsser typhus due to rickettsia prowazekiirecrudescent typhus due to rickettsia prowazekiirecrudescent typhus feverrecrudescent typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii