Published Date: 2007-07-23 14:00:12
Subject: PRO/AH> Epidemic typhus, scrub typhus - India (Kerala) (02)
Archive Number: 20070723.2361
EPIDEMIC TYPHUS, SCRUB TYPHUS - INDIA (KERALA) (02)
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Date: Thu 19 Jul 2007
From: Steve Berger <mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
Other typhus diseases include:
-California pseudotyphus or cat flea typhus is caused by _Rickettsia felis_;
-Indian tick typhus, Kenya tick typhus, Mediterranean tick typhus,
and other synonyms caused by _R. conorii_;
-Queensland tick typhus, North Queensland tick typhus caused by _R. australis_;
-Siberian tick typhus, North Asian tick typhus caused by _R. sibirica_.
-Russian endemic typhus is non-rickettsial and is a synonym for
Russian spring-summer encephalitis, a viral disease.
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Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
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Date: Thu 19 Jul 2007
From: Dan Gregson <dan.gregson@cls.ab.ca>
I would add (South) African tick typhus to your list of 5 on the
recent ProMED-mail post. This disease is caused by _R. africae_,
which is transmitted by ticks. The disease is similar to RMSF (Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever), but patients often have multiple eschars,
and like other rickettsial illnesses, it responds to doxycycline.
This is probably more common in Africa than RMSF is in the USA. We
see it in travelers who go on safari or trekking in endemic areas.
--
Dan Gregson, MD FRCPC
Associate Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
<dan.gregson@cls.ab.ca>
[ProMED-mail thanks Drs. Gregson and Berger for adding to the list of
typhus diseases related to the recent ProMED-mail post "Epidemic
typhus, scrub typhus - India (Kerala) 20070718.2307". - Mod.LL]
See Also
Epidemic typhus, scrub typhus - India (Kerala) 20070718.23072005
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Scrub typhus, military personnel - Australia (QLD) 20050331.0928
Typhus - Ukraine (Vinnitsa) (02): not 20050129.0319
Typhus - Ukraine (Vinnitsa): RFI 20050128.0313
2004
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Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) 20040823.2344
2003
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Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) (02) 20030927.2438
Scrub typhus - India (Himachal Pradesh) 20030924.2413
Undiagnosed deaths - India (Himachal Pradesh) (02): RFI 20030922.2385
Undiagnosed deaths - India (Himachal Pradesh): RFI 20030918.2364
1999
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Scrub typhus - Denmark ex South Africa 19990117.0076
Typhus, epidemic - Burundi (SW) (02) 19990112.0036
Typhus, epidemic - Burundi (SW) 19990108.0021
1998
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Scrub typhus - Taiwan (02) 19980720.1372
Scrub typhus - Taiwan 19980716.1338
1997
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Typhus, louse-borne - Burundi (02) 19970506.0935
Typhus, louse-borne? - Burundi 19970215.0384
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