Brill-Zinsser Disease

Brill-Zinsser disease: Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack.

Brill-Zinsser disease is a form of typhus that is actually a reactivation of a previous typhus infection when a person's immune system is weakened. This may occur as a complication of illness, surgery, or simply increasing age.

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Rickettsia prowazekii causes epidemic typhus and Brill-Zinsser disease. Brill-Zinsser disease is a mild form of epidemic typhus. It occurs when the disease re-activates in a person who was previously infected. It is more common in the elderly.

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Rickettsia typhi (Murine typhus) Â- Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus)
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its recrudescent form (Brill-Zinsser disease), and murine t. Called also typhus fever. In English-speaking countries, often used alone to refer to epidemic typhus, whereas in several European languages it refers to typhoid fever. [Dorland].

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