Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus Fever: Information about the only rickettsial disease that causes explosive epidemics in humans. The fever, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, is transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis).
Scrub Typhus: Detailed information about this acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mites.
Typhus: Information about all three types - epidemic louse-borne, scrub, and endemic (murine) typhus.