Question

Create a table that compares endemic typhus epidemic typhus and scrub typhus including etiology, distribution, transmission and clinical presentation

Answer 1

Comparison of endemic typhus, epidemic typhus, and scrub typhus:

	Endemic typhus	Epidemic typhus	Scrub typhus
Other names	Murine typhus, flea-borne typhus	Louse-borne typhus	bush typhus
Causative Organism	Rickettsia typhi	Rickettsia prowazekii	Orientia tsutsugamushi
Distribution	Tropical and subtropical regions especially Hawaii, Texas, and California	Rarely distributed in the overcrowded population.	Southeast Asia, China, India, Japan, and Australia
Transmission	Transmitted to people through infected fleas that enter into the skin through cuts or scrapes.	Transmitted to people through infected body lice and spread from one person to another person.	Transmitted to people through the bites of infected larval mites.
Clinical presentation	Fever with chills Nausea and vomiting Body ache Cough Rash	Fever with chills Headache Confusion Nausea and vomiting Muscle ache Rash	Fever with chills Headache Enlarged lymph nodes Rash Confusion Change of dark-colored skin at the bitten area.