Epidemic typhus is caused by gram-negative rickettsia species in the typhus biogroup that are transmitted by infective louse and flea. The disease is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. Most patients present with an acute febrile disease with constitutional symptom and maculopapular exanthema.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
Rickettsioses
1C30 Typhus fever
H00322 Epidemic typhus
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by alpha proteobacteria
H00322 Epidemic typhus
