Murine typhus: endemic Rickettsia in southwest Texas

PW Liddell, MJ Sparks - American Society for Clinical …, 2012 - clsjournal.ascls.org
Murine Typhus is a zoonosis caused by the organism Rickettsia typhi and is transmitted to
humans by fleas. It is endemic in several areas of Texas, California and Hawaii where the …

Outbreak of Rickettsia typhi infection--Austin, Texas, 2008

J Campbell, ME Eremeeva, WL Nicholson… - Morbidity and Mortality …, 2009 - go.gale.com
Murine typhus is a fleaborne rickettsial disease caused by the organism Rickettsia typhi.
Symptoms include fever, headache, chills, vomiting, nausea, myalgia, and rash. Although …

Murine typhus

LS Blanton - Neglected Tropical Diseases-North America, 2021 - Springer
Murine typhus is caused by Rickettsia typhi, a small gram-negative obligately intercellular
coccobacillus. The disease is endemic throughout the world—especially in tropical and …

Murine typhus: an unrecognized suburban vectorborne disease

R Civen, V Ngo - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Murine typhus, an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, is distributed worldwide.
Mainly transmitted by the fleas of rodents, it is associated with cities and ports where urban …

Urban Focus of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Los Angeles, California

KF Abramowicz, MP Rood, L Krueger… - Vector-Borne and …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Classic murine typhus, caused by Rickettsia typhi, is endemic in the continental United
States in areas of Texas and southern California. We conducted an environmental …

Rickettsia felis infection rates in an east Texas population.

RJ Wiggers, MC Martin, D Bouyer - Texas medicine, 2005 - europepmc.org
Murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi), endemic in southern California and South Texas, is
maintained within a host-vector system consisting of the opossum and cat flea. In the early …

Murine typhus

A Gikas, M Gkika - Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious …, 2020 - Elsevier
Murine typhus, a flea-borne infectious disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, occurs in
environments where rats and humans live in close proximity and typically in temperate and …

Direct evidence of Rickettsia typhi infection in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and their canine hosts

K Dzul-Rosado, C Lugo-Caballero, R Tello-Martin… - Open Veterinary …, 2017 - ajol.info
Murine typhus is a rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia typhi, whose transmission is carried out
by rat fleas in urban settlements as classically known, but it also has been related to cat fleas …

Murine typhus--Hawaii, 2002

Centers for Disease Control and … - MMWR. Morbidity …, 2003 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Murine typhus, a zoonotic disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, is uncommon in the United
States. Hawaii typically reports five or six cases annually; however, 47 cases were reported …

Clinical and laboratory features of murine typhus in south Texas, 1980 through 1987

JS Dumler, JP Taylor, DH Walker - Jama, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—The clinical and laboratory features of patients with murine typhus have not
been extensively reviewed since 1946. We have updated these findings in patients from …