Murine typhus, Rocky mountain spotted fever and Boutonneuse fever are illnesses in a family known collectively as what kind of disease?
Rickettsial Rickettsiae are bacteria that can only survive inside cells, and the diseases are mostly spread to humans by arthropods such as ticks, lice, mites and fleas. Effects can be severe and life-threatening, particularly if not treated early, but otherwise are generally self-limiting.
What is a mosquito-borne virus, also known as breakbone fever, that is an acute febrile disease which occurs widely in the tropics, in Asia, South America, Australia and the Pacific and is now endemic in more than 100 countries?
Symptoms of what disease include fever, shivering, joint pain, vomiting, anaemia, hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and convulsions, with cyclical occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigour, fever and sweating?
