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Epidemic typhus and Rickettsia prowazekii

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Difference between Epidemic typhus and Rickettsia prowazekii

Epidemic typhus vs. Rickettsia prowazekii

Epidemic typhus is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters. Rickettsia prowazekii is a species of gram-negative, alphaproteobacteria, obligate intracellular parasitic, aerobic Bacillus bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus, transmitted in the feces of lice.

Similarities between Epidemic typhus and Rickettsia prowazekii

Epidemic typhus and Rickettsia prowazekii have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Body louse, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel, Henrique da Rocha Lima, Stanislaus von Prowazek, Tetracycline, World War II.

Body louse

The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus, sometimes called Pediculus humanus corporis) is a louse that infests humans.

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Brill–Zinsser disease

Brill–Zinser disease is a delayed relapse of epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii.

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Flying squirrel

Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.

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Henrique da Rocha Lima

Henrique da Rocha Lima (24 November 1879 – 12 April 1956) was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro.

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Stanislaus von Prowazek

Stanislaus Josef Mathias von Prowazek, Edler von Lanow (12 November, 1875 Jindřichův Hradec, Bohemia – 17 February, 1915, Cottbus), born Stanislav Provázek, was a Czech zoologist and parasitologist, who along with pathologist Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879-1956) discovered the pathogen of epidemic typhus.

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Tetracycline

Tetracycline, sold under the brand name Sumycin among others, is an antibiotic used to treat a number of infections.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Epidemic typhus and Rickettsia prowazekii Comparison

Epidemic typhus has 161 relations, while Rickettsia prowazekii has 33. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 3.61% = 7 / (161 + 33).

References

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