Brills Disease
《英文msh詞典》Brills Disease
[入口詞] Brills Disease
[主題詞] Typhus,Epidemic Louse-Borne
[英文釋義] The classic form of typhus,caused by RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII,which is transmitted from man to man by the louse Pediculus humanus corporis. This disease is characterized by the sudden onset of intense headache,malaise,and generalized myalgia followed by the formation of a macular skin eruption and vascular and neurologic disturbances.