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Typhus

Typhus. By Joie Swanson & Brandon German. Structure. Rickettsia prowazekii Human, louse-borne, scrub typhus War, ship, & prison fever 0.3 nanometers by 1.0 nanometers Oval shape. When & Where. Athens, Greece 430 B.C., 429 B.C., & 427/6 B.C. Europe, Spanish Siege 1489

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Typhus

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  1. Typhus By Joie Swanson & Brandon German

  2. Structure • Rickettsia prowazekii • Human, louse-borne, scrub typhus • War, ship, & prison fever • 0.3 nanometers by 1.0 nanometers • Oval shape

  3. When & Where • Athens, Greece • 430 B.C., 429 B.C., & 427/6 B.C. • Europe, Spanish Siege 1489 • Napoleon in Russia • WWI • Ireland 1816-1819 • Africa, South America, & elsewhere

  4. Symptoms • First described from Spanish Siege • Second in 1880 • Severe headaches, chills, cough, & irregular pink patches • High fever 102*-104*F adults, 106*F children • Circulatory & neurological systems effected

  5. Transmission, Prevention,& Vaccination • Spread by fleas, ticks,& lice • Avoid contact with rats & mice • Killed by temperatures of 112*F for 15 minutes • Professor Rudolf Weigl 1920’s & 1930’s invented first vaccine • Large scale before WWII • Tetracycline & chloramphenicol

  6. Society & Facts • Spanish siege 17,000 died • Bolshevik Revolution 3 million died • WWI 150,000 died in Serbia • 10% of English population died in 1557-1559 • 1976 letters with infected ticks mailed to businessmen in U.S. cities

  7. Works Cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhus • http://www.lwow.home.pl/Weigl.html • http://www.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/diseases/louse/typhus.html • http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/Pathogens/RP.html • http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/typhusf.htm

  8. Works Cited Contd. • http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4noz/azad.html • http://www.navi.net/~rsc/images/typhus.gif

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