Typhus and Typhus-Like Fevers in Birjand, East Persia

The Typhus Group of Fevers

" typhus-like fever" occurring under such conditions are often very puzzling, and this paper is an attempt to throw some light on the miscellaneous fevers of this group. In articles in the Indian Medical Gazette in January 1917 (1) and October 1921 (2) I brought forward evidence which suggested that typhus-like fevers, such as those described by McKechnie in the Kumaon Hills, by McNaught in Sou...

Typhus Fevers in India

Typhus in the Northern Circars

Sin,?With reference to the article 'Typhus in the Northern Circars' that appeared in the l.M G. for September 1949 (page 393) I may please be allowed to put forth my views about it. While one agrees that some, if not many, of the pyrexias of unknown origin may be typhus-like or typhus fevers, it is not very safe to diasnose a case of typhus clinically especially when it relates to a couple or s...

Rickettsial diseases: the typhus group of fevers--a review.

Epidemic louse borne typhus has historically caused massive mortality in the wake of war, famine, and great migrations. In the four years from 1918 in Eastern Europe and Russia there were up to 30 million cases, and three million deaths. In the recent past in Burundi typhus has infected prison inmates before spreading to the wider community. It remains a risk among refugee populations in all pa...

Tick-Typhus and Other Sporadic Fevers of the Typhus Group

During the past ten years there has been a steadily increasing interest in the typhuslike fevers which occur sporadically in many parts of the world. It is now evident that this disease group is of considerable importance, not only because of the frequency with which people are affected, but also because of the difficulties which arise in connection with the diagnosis, and the mystery which att...