Brill-Zinsser Disease (commonly known as Brill's Disease) is a form of epidemic typhus that occurs only in patients who have previously been infected by Rickettsia prowazekiithat was most likely transmitted to the body through lice.
Brill-Zinsser Disease (also referred to as Brill's Disease) is a form of epidemic typhus that affects individuals who have had an earlier infection with Rickettsia prowazekii, which was most likely transmitted through the bites of infected lice.