Disease Brill

Brill’s disease or Disease Brill is a relapse of epidemic typhus that appears years after the initial onset of the disease and is regarded as a sporadic disease showing without a clear source of infection, patients in this group deny any possible contact with patchy lice and/or mice (diseased rodents such as Lice and mice are believed to be the main source of human typhus contamination, such pets have patchy to generalized hair loss, scaly and/or red skin). Disease Brill occurs milder than typhus, and is characterized by high titers of antibodies in the early days of the disease (antibody immunoglobulin class G).

Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment, see. Section “Typhus“

Verified by: Dr.Diab (January 7, 2017)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (January 7, 2017). Disease Brill. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 8(2). urn:medcoi:article15986.