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TYPHUS FEVER Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Typhus fever is a rickettsial disease caused by the organism Rickettsia prowazekii, a Gram negative, obligate intracellular bacterium. Rou
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Iowa State University College / /

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therapy for this potentially life-threatening disease / /

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generalized body aches / rash starts / leptospirosis / tularemia / typhoid fever / syphilis / disease / headache / malaria / chills / measles / coma / untreated epidemic typhus / typhus fever / rickettsial disease / fever / typhus / epidemic typhus / rubella / Toxemia / rickettsial diseases / fatal / infectious disease / encephalitis / toxic shock syndrome / muscle aches / delirium / epidemics / infection / infectious mononucleosis / anthrax / renal failure / Illness / Severe disease / myocarditis / infections / rash / meningitis / /

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antibiotics / chemoprophylaxis / /

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Rocky Mountain / /

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Public Health Services office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness / Committee on Infectious Diseases / Iowa State University College / Center for Food Security and Public Health / Arizona Department of Health Services Division / American Academy of Pediatrics / American Public Health Association / Public Health Services office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers / /

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