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DictionarySeetyphusBrill-Zinsser disease
Brill-Zinsser disease [bril´ zin´ser] recrudescent typhus.Brill-Zins·ser dis·ease (bril zinz'sĕr), an endogenous reinfection associated with the "carrier state" in patients who previously had epidemic typhus fever; it is a rather mild disease and may be mistaken for endemic (murine) typhus; first described by Brill in New York City but not recognized as a recrudescent form of epidemic typhus until after the work of Zinsser. Synonym(s): Brill disease, recrudescent typhus fever, recrudescent typhusBrill-Zinsser disease A relapse of epidemic typhus caused by dormant Rickettsia prowazekii, which is reactivated due to intercurrent disease.Brill-Zins·ser dis·ease (bril-zin'sĕr di-zēz') An endogenous reinfection in people who previously had epidemic typhus fever; it is mild and may be mistaken for endemic (murine) typhus. Synonym(s): Brill disease, recrudescent typhus. Brill, Nathan Edwin, U.S. physician, 1860-1925. Brill disease - Synonym(s): Brill-Zinsser diseaseBrill-Symmers disease - obsolete term for nodular lymphoma.Brill-Zinsser disease - an endogenous reinfection associated with the "carrier state" in persons who previously had epidemic typhus fever. Synonym(s): Brill disease; recrudescent typhus fever; recrudescent typhus
Zinsser, Hans, U.S. bacteriologist and immunologist, 1878-1940. Brill-Zinsser disease - see under Brill |