A man presents with fever and childs 2 weeks after a louse bite. There was maculo-papular rash on the trunk which spread peripherally. the cause of this infection can be -: (A) Scrub typhus, (B) Endemic typhus, (C) Rickettsial pox, (D) Epidemic typhus
Answer is D. Ans. is 'd' i.e., Epidemic typhus o Amongst the given options, only epidemic typhus is caused by louse bite. o For clinical presentation of different Rickettsial diseases, See previous explanations