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typhus

Any one of a group of infectious diseases caused by bacteria transmitted by lice, fleas, mites, and ticks. Symptoms include fever, headache, and rash. The most serious form is epidemic typhus, which also affects the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys and is associated with insanitary overcrowded conditions. Treatment is by antibiotics.

The bacteria responsible are of the genus Rickettsia, especially R. pronazekii. A preventive vaccine exists.
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KEVIN BAKER CRITICAL SUMMARY The Air We Breathe brings back descendants of some of the characters introduced in Andrea Barrett's National Book Award-winning Ship Fever (1996).
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Known as the "Irish Stone," it was enscribed as a tribute by the workmen: "To Preserve From Desecration The Remains of 6000 Immigrants Who Died of Ship Fever, AD 1847-48.
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National Book Award (FICTION) SHIP FEVER Stories By Andrea Barrett Set mostly in the nineteenth century, this collection tests ideas about science, ambition, and love.
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