Sentences with phrase «tick typhus»

Four other members of the expedition had gotten sick, and all of them showed antibodies for North Asian tick typhus, although only two remembered being bitten.

Not exact matches

However, it is well known that ectoparasites transmit disease, says the Wisconsin epidemiologist, noting that things like ticks and fleas harbor important pathogens like typhus, bubonic plague, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Caused by bacteria and often acquired by mite, flea or tick bites, tropical rickettsial illnesses — mainly scrub typhus and murine typhus — are a very common cause of undifferentiated fever in parts of South - East Asia.

The Special Pathogens Branch, part of The Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, deals with some of the really nasty stuff - diseases like Ebola, Rift Valley fever, and Lassa fever (and before you ask, a Rickettsial disease is one caused by any Rickettsia bacteria, which are carried by parasites such as ticks, fleas and lice, and cause diseases such as typhus).