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Typhus
Typhus is a vaccine-preventable infection caused by rickettsial bacteria spread through body lice, fleas, or ticks. While it can be treated with antibiotics, some types of typhus have a high mortality rate without treatment.
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Is there a vaccine for Epidemic typhus?
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Come on people! Typhus,i.e. Rickettsia pronazek (Epidemic typhus)...The vaccine in the military during the 1952-1963 was called "Typhus" vaccine. Question: What is it called TODAY?
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What is the recovery rate from endemic typhus?
Untreated about 15 to 20 % patients will die of typhoid fever. Even with good medical treatment there is about one percent mortality. Most of the later category die of intestinal perforation. You can not go for operation on critically ill patient.
How many people died each year from typhus?
If a person is infected with typhoid, they need to be treated. It is a bacterial disease and kills 30 percent of the people who get the disease. This translates to about 600,000 people out of 16 million.
The incubation period for Epidemic Typhus is one to two weeks, after which the symptoms may persist for weeks or months. From 10% to 60% of those infected will die without treatment, and it may recur in untreated survivors.
How was the disease Typhus treated during the American Civil War?
They used to give the traditional drugs as per local customs. They used to pray like you do it today. So you have more sincere prayers in hospitals than churches or temples. There was 20 % mortality and believe me, they were more happy to have 80 % cured of typhoid fever.
What efforts were made to cure typhus during the Holocaust?
you gas them - which is exactly what mengele did his 1st day at birkenau, when theres an epidemic of typhoid, mengele's new method was to send everyone in the block to the gas chambers (even if the block has only 1 case of typhus)
then the baracks were all disinfected. and that's how you get rid of typhus!
mengele would boast. & he actually got a medal for it!
Were is typhus most likely found?
It's common in most places of the world except industrialized regions such as United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan.
Found in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (places where frequent hand washing is infrequent also where water is contaminated with sewer).
How long did it take for Anne Frank to die when she got typhus?
Epidemic typhus is a disease spread by lice that spreads especially fast in conditions where people are crowded together tightly (this perfectly describes Bergen-Belsen in March, 1945).
While easily curable with antibiotics (none at Belsen), it is usually fatal without treatment. The patient dies of high fever, toxin from the bacteria in the bloodstream, and the collapse of general bodily systems
How many Jews were killed by typhus?
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The majority of jews who died during the holocaust were victims of typhus. They had a typhus epidemic which was helped along by strategic allied bombing.
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Thousands of Jews were killed by typhus, such as at Bergen-Belsen camp north-east of Hannover, thousands were killed by starvation, thousands died from various other diseases; however millions were murdered in gas chambers & by firing squads.
Also strategic bombing did not make the typhus epidemic worse. The spread of this type disease is made worse by the close proximity of infected people to others. German camps did exactly what the name of these camps imply, they 'concentrated' them in a tight space, thus creating the conditions for the spread of any typhus. The Germans never intended to treat infected prisoners, just prevent the spread of typhus beyond the camp.
If anything, strategic bombing disrupted German rail traffic making it harder for the Germans to transport Jews to the Concentration & Death Camps.
Who was the person who discovered typhus?
Typhus has appeared since medieval times. The causative bacteria Rickettsia are named after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871-1910), who studied and eventually died of typhus.
What positive results cane from the tragedy of the typhus fever outbreak at lowood?
New regulations were made concerning the meals and clothing of the school.
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Typhus has killed many millions of people throughout history. It is caused by lice, and is very infectious. It still kills many people in Africa although there is a vaccine.
Anne Frank famously died from Typhus in concentration camp
How did the Victorians cure typhus fever?
During the Victorian era, the treatment for typhus fever primarily involved supportive care, as there were no effective medications available at the time. Patients were often isolated to prevent the spread of the disease, and care focused on rest, hydration, and nutrition. Quarantine measures were also implemented in outbreak situations. Additionally, improvements in sanitation and living conditions were recognized as crucial for prevention and control of typhus.
How does typhus spread from person to person?
A louse becomes infected with typhus by taking a blood meal from a fever-ridden human. Once in the louse's gut, the rickettsiae reproduce to such enormous numbers that they cause cells in the insect's gut to rupture. The rickettsiae then are present in the feces of the louse. Humans become infected by rubbing or scratching the lice feces into their skin or into their mucous membranes.
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.
How does typhus damage the body?
Typhus is an infection by the Riscksettia bacillus, and if not treated, is commonly fatal. The patient becomes more and more ill over a period of a few days: High fever, distinctive rash, severe joint pain and headache, severe cough, delirium and ultimately death.
What serious complications can occur with scrub typhus?
complications of typhoid fever include liver and spleen enlargement, sometimes so great that the spleen ruptures or bursts; anemia, or low red blood cell count due to blood loss from the intestinal bleeding; joint infections.
How many people died from typhus in the 1929 century?
4 million and seventy eight thousand people died. the worse epidemic to ever hit europe.
What are the symptoms of endemic typhus?
The symptoms appear then days after the victems has been infected, they include high fever, pain in the muscles and joints, stiffness, headache, and cerebral disturbance. About the fifth day of the disease, a dark-red rash of elevated spots breaks out on the trunk and shoulders and then spreads to the rest of the body.
While typhus diseases are commonly spread by the lice and ticks of rats, Epidemic typhus is spread by the human body louse.
