Epidemic typhus is transmitted by?
High-Yield Explanation
ANSWER: (A) LouseREF: Park textbook of preventive and social medicine 20th edition page 684Indirect repeat December 2010, December 2009, June 2008"Epidemic relapsing fever is transmitted by Louse"Always remember:Epidemic typhusLouseEndemic typhusRat fleaEpidemic relapsing feverLouseEndemic relapsing feverSoft tickDiseases transmitted by louse can be remembered as ""PERT": Pediculosis, Epidemic typhus, Relapsing fever (Epidemic), Trench fever.Diseases transmitted by soft tick can be memorized as "QRS": Q-fever, Relapsing fever (Endemic) by Soft tickDiseases transmitted by hard tick can be memorized as "Hard tick Takes Very Kind Babe": Tick typhus (Rocky Mountain spotted fever), Tick Paralysis, Tick fever, Tularemia, Viral encephalitis (Russian spring summer encephalitis), Viral hemorrhagic fever, Kyasanur Forest Disease, Babesiosis