Paratyphoid fever

Japanese: paratyphoid fever(英語表記)paratyphoidfever
Paratyphoid fever

…Typhoid fever in the broad sense includes three types: typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and exanthematic typhus (epidemic typhus). In Japan, when people simply say typhoid, they are usually referring to typhoid fever (however, in English-speaking countries, when people simply say typhoid, they are usually referring to exanthematic typhus). The first two are bacterial infections, while exanthematic typhus is a rickettsial infection, and the symptoms of the two are different.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "paratyphoid fever" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…チフスは広義には腸チフスtyphoid fever,パラチフスparatyphoid fever,発疹(はつしん)チフスexanthematic typhus (epidemic typhus)の三つを含むが,日本で単にチフスという場合には腸チフスをさすことが多い(ただし英語圏で単にチフスtyphusというときは発疹チフスを意味することが多い)。また前2者は細菌性の感染症であるが,発疹チフスはリケッチア性の感染症であり,両者では症状なども異なる。…

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