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Typhus vaccine, the Glossary

Index Typhus vaccine

Typhus vaccines are vaccines developed to protect against typhus.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Hans Zinsser, Ludwik Fleck, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rudolf Weigl, Typhus, Vaccine.

  2. Epidemic typhus

Hans Zinsser

Hans Zinsser (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author.

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Ludwik Fleck

Ludwik Fleck (11 July 1896 – 5 June 1961) was a Polish Jewish and Israeli physician and biologist who did important work in epidemic typhus in Lwów, Poland, with Rudolf Weigl and in the 1930s developed the concepts of the "Denkstil" ("thought style") and the "Denkkollektiv" ("thought collective").

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Rickettsia prowazekii

Rickettsia prowazekii is a species of gram-negative, alphaproteobacteria, obligate intracellular parasitic, aerobic bacillus bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus, transmitted in the feces of lice. Typhus vaccine and Rickettsia prowazekii are epidemic typhus.

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Rudolf Weigl

Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl (2 September 1883 – 11 August 1957) was a Polish biologist, physician and inventor, known for creating the first effective vaccine against epidemic typhus.

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Typhus

Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. Typhus vaccine and vaccine are vaccines.

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See also

Epidemic typhus

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhus_vaccine

Also known as Scrub typhus vaccine.