Brill–Zinsser disease

Brill–Zinsser disease is a delayed relapse of epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii. After a patient contracts epidemic typhus from the bite of an infected louse (Pediculus humanus), the rickettsia can remain latent and reactivate months or years later, with symptoms similar to or even identical to the original attack of typhus, including a maculopapular rash.^[1] This reactivation event can be transmitted by louse bites, and form the focus for a new epidemic of typhus.

See also

• Tick-borne lymphadenopathy
• List of cutaneous conditions

References

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