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What insect is a carrier of endemic typhus?
Endemic typhus is carried by fleas.
How do you use the word typhus in a sentence?
There was no vaccine for endemic typhus in the great war.
Is typhus a virus or bacteria?
bacteria
Names a single cell organism?
Eschericia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Klebsiella pneumonie, Yersinia pestisRickesttsia prowazekii-the endemic typhus bacteria
Is typhus is a virus or bacteria?
bacteria
What shape of bacteria is typhus?
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How do people get endemic typhus?
When a flea lands on a human, it may defecate as it feeds. When the person scratches the itchy spot where the flea was feeding, the bacteria-laden feces are scratched into the skin, thus causing infection.
Where in the body is the typhus bacteria found?
The bacteria that causes typhus is Rickettsia, these are intracellular parasites - meaning that they survive within the cells of a human body. The bacteria is usually transmitted through the feces of lice and fleas. When a flea or lice carrying the bacteria bites a human, the person will usually scratch the bite - allowing the feces containing the bacteria to enter the skin, infecting that person.
How is scrub typhus transmitted?
As of early 2004 there are no effective vaccines for scrub typhus. In endemic areas, precautions include wearing protective clothing.Insect repellents.Clearing of vegetation and chemical treatment of the soil.Prophylactic antibiotic dosage.
What bacteria cause typhus?
The causative bacteria is called Rickettsia typhi.
How does you get typhus fever?
Typhus is a disease caused by bacteria carried by some ticks and lice. They are spread by them biting an animal.
What causes typhus?
While typhus diseases are commonly spread by the lice and ticks of rats, Epidemic typhus is spread by the human body louse.
