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May 15, 2024 · Murine typhus is a flea-borne illness caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi. Murine typhus occurs worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical climates where rats (the primary animal reservoir) and rat fleas are present. People become infected with R. typhi when they come into contact with infected flea feces via scratched or abraded skin.
- Clinical Overview of Epidemic Typhus | Typhus Fevers | CDC
R. prowazekii antigens may cross react with those of R....
- Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases ...
This report updates the 2006 CDC recommendations on the...
- Rickettsia prowazekii and Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rickettsia prowazekii is the causative agent of epidemic or...
- Epidemic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels -- United States
Epidemic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels -- United...
- Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates - Volume 14, Number ...
We developed a typing method that can differentiate 8...
- Clinical Overview of Epidemic Typhus | Typhus Fevers | CDC
Aug 8, 2023 · Rickettsia prowazekii is an obligate, intracellular, gram-negative coccobacillus belonging to the genus Rickettsia. It is the causative agent of epidemic typhus which is transmitted by the human body louse. Epidemic typhus presents with a high fever, myalgias, headache, dry cough, delirium and a rash that begins on the trunk and spreads ...
- Sami M. Akram, Megan Ladd, Kevin C. King
- 2023/08/08
