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What is Jail fever ?

whats the etiology & treatment ?

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Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus)

Typhus group rickettsioses are distributed worldwide. Rickettsial typhus has two forms: endemic (murine) typhus and epidemic typhus. Endemic typhus is caused by R. typhi, usually transmitted to humans by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis; epidemic typhus is caused by R. prowazekii, transmitted by the body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus In the United States, R. prowazekii has also been found in a sylvatic cycle involving flying squirrels and their ectoparasites Typhus group rickettsioses, especially epidemic typhus, are associated with wars and human disasters.

Typhus is usually exanthematic, and a careful clinical examination will find a rash in more than half of the cases. In the present series, clinical data were recorded retrospectively mainly on the basis of a nurse's report and are probably incomplete (Table). In an outbreak, looking for exanthema is critical for typhus suspicion. The typhus exanthema is frequently purpuric and is observed even on dark skin in 33% of cases (6). The other typical symptoms are neurologic signs including seizures, coma, and mental confusion, which gave the disease its name (ORIG: from the Greek word "typhos," which means smoke, cloud, stupor arising from fever). Neurologic involvement was noted in seven of the nine cases: symptoms included coma, seizures, mental confusion, and delirium

Rash in a man with epidemic typhus

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HI

WHY ITS CALLED JAIL FEVER

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