Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: December 13, 2023
Preferred Name

Epidemic typhus

Synonyms
Definitions

A Rickettsial disease characterized by malaise and vague symptoms before the onset of high fever, headache, severe myalgias and less commonly petechial rash on the trunk and limbs, nausea, vomiting, coughing and pneumonia. Most patients also have some central nervous system disturbances, such as meningeal irritation, confusion, drowsiness, seizures, coma, and hearing loss.

ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_83314

definition

A Rickettsial disease characterized by malaise and vague symptoms before the onset of high fever, headache, severe myalgias and less commonly petechial rash on the trunk and limbs, nausea, vomiting, coughing and pneumonia. Most patients also have some central nervous system disturbances, such as meningeal irritation, confusion, drowsiness, seizures, coma, and hearing loss.

definition_citation

Orphanet

expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=83314

has_age_of_onset

All ages

has_inheritance

Not applicable

hasDbXref

UMLS:C0041473

MedDRA:10014979

ICD-10:A75.0

MeSH:D014438

ICD-11:1C30.0

label

Epidemic typhus

notation

ORPHA:83314

part_of

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_102023

prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_83314

prefLabel

Epidemic typhus

present_in

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown

treeView

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_102023

subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_377788

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557493

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