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Brill-Zinsser disease — Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The… … Medical dictionary
Zinsser, Hans — born Nov. 17, 1878, New York, N.Y., U.S. died 1940 U.S. bacteriologist and epidemiologist. He taught principally at the Columbia (1913–23) and Harvard (1923–40) medical schools. He isolated the bacterium that causes the European type of typhus,… … Universalium
Brill-Zinsser disease — noun A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus, occurring some time after the original infection … Wiktionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Disease, Brill-Zinsser — Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The… … Medical dictionary
Zinsser — Hans, U.S. bacteriologist and immunologist, 1878–1940. See Brill Z. disease … Medical dictionary
Meningococcal disease — Classification and external resources Charlotte Cleverley Bisman, one of the youngest survivors of the disease. The infected arms had to be amputated later. ICD 10 A … Wikipedia
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Carrion's disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A44.0 (ILDS A44.800) ICD 9 088 … Wikipedia
Some disease-causing rickettsiae — ▪ Table Some disease causing rickettsiae rickettsia arthropod vector vertebrate host human disease Genus Rickettsia typhus group R. prowazekii body louse humans epidemic typhus, Brill Zinsser disease R. typhi (or mooseri) rat flea rats murine… … Universalium
