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Etiology and Epidemiology:-
Epidemic typhus is caused by R. prowazekii and is transmitted by the human body louse. Eastern flying squirrels and their lice and fleas maintain R. prowazekii in a zoonotic cycle.
Epidemic typhus presents abruptly the onset of high fevers, prostration, severe headache, cough, and severe myalgias. Photophobia with conjunctival injection and eye pain is also common.
Epidemic typhus is sometimes misdiagnosed as typhoid fever. The diagnosis can be based on serology, immunohistochemistry, or detection of the organism in a louse found on a pt. Cross-adsorption IFA can distinguish R. prowazekii from R. typhi.
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