louse-borne
Transmitted via insects
Louse-borne describes diseases or pathogens transmitted by lice—parasitic insects that live on human hosts.
Typhus and relapsing fever are classic louse-borne illnesses, historically devastating in conditions of crowding and poor hygiene: Louse-borne typhus swept through the refugee camps.
Louse-transmitted bacterial infection
- trench feverLouse-transmitted bacterial disease
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
fever · pathogen · transmission · vector · mortality · quarantine · delousing · contagion
First global conflict
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- Irish famine1840s crop failure catastrophe
prison · siege · military · barracks · epidemic · refugees · poverty · displacement
Solid digestive waste
- bitePierce with teeth
- skinBody's outer layer
- scratchingRaking with nails
- woundCoiled, or an injury
host · blood meal · excrement · inoculation · contact · clothing · bedding · spread
typhus
Louse-transmitted bacterial infection
- trench feverLouse-transmitted bacterial disease
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
outbreak · fever · pathogen · transmission · vector · mortality · quarantine · delousing · contagion · wartime
WWI
First global conflict
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
Irish famine · prison · siege · military · barracks · epidemic · refugees · poverty · displacement · war
feces
Solid digestive waste
- bitePierce with teeth
- skinBody's outer layer
- scratchingRaking with nails
wound · host · blood meal · excrement · inoculation · contact · clothing · bedding · spread · carrier
louse-bornenon-communicable
Cannot be transmitted
airborne · waterborne · foodborne · mosquito-borne · tick-borne