Definition of Brill-zinsser disease

1. Noun. A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus, occurring some time after the original infection. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Brill-zinsser disease

1. Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser. (12 Dec 1998)

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