A man presents with fever and child 2 weeks after a louse bite. There was maculo-papolar rash on th 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. <p> Epidemic typhus Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,K.Park,23rd edition,page no:301. <\p>