ICD-11 definition : This is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following
wars and natural disasters. The causative organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted
by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis).;
ICD-11 synonym : Brill-Zinsser disease; recrudescent Brill-Zinsser typhus due to rickettsia prowazekii; Brill disease; recrudescent Brill disease; recrudescent typhus due to rickettsia prowazekii; recrudescent typhus fever;
This is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following
wars and natural disasters. The causative organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted
by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis).