Typhus (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours)

Section 690 Section 690.740  Typhus (Reportable by telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within 24 hours) a)         Control of Case Proper delousing for louse-borne typhus is required. b)         Control of Contacts 1)         Louse-infected susceptible contacts exposed to typhus shall have their clothing and bedding deloused and should be quarantined for 15 days, if possible, after application of insecticide with residual effect. 2)         In cases of murine typhus, the premises around the patient shall be searched for rodents. 3)         The local health authority shall monitor all immediate contacts for clinical signs for two weeks. c)         Laboratory Reporting Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients who have a positive result on any laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting typhus infection.