Multiple choice

All of the following are Rickettsial diseases, except

  1. rheumatic fever

  2. rocky mountain spotted fever

  3. murine typhus

  4. typhus fever

  5. trench fever

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Explanation

Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may develop as a complication of a Streptococcus infection such as strep throat or scarlet fever (caused by Streptococcus pyogenes or group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus).