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Bayesian population-based assessment of ascertainment bias in flea-borne typhus surveillance in California, 2011-2019. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
Abstract In California, public health disease surveillance data for flea‐borne typhus (FBT) are generated by healthcare providers and laboratories who are responsible for notifying local health jurisdictions when the disease is detected.
Yomogida K, Kjemtrup A, Ibrahim M, Contreras Z, Ngo V, Halai UA, Balter S, Feaster M, Zahn M, Shearer E, Sorvillo R, Balanji N, Torres C, Prado B, Porse C, Kramer V, Martínez-López B.   +16 more
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Fatal Flea-Borne Typhus in Texas: A Retrospective Case Series, 1985-2015. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2017
Flea-borne (murine) typhus is a global rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia typhi. Although flea-borne typhus is no longer nationally notifiable, cases are reported for surveillance purposes in a few U.S. states. The infection is typically self-limiting, but may be severe or life-threatening in some patients.
Pieracci EG, Evert N, Drexler NA, Mayes B, Vilcins I, Huang P, Campbell J, Behravesh CB, Paddock CD.   +8 more
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Flea-borne typhus with rare neurological manifestations–Case report

Brain Disorders, 2023
We report an inpatient case of flea-borne typhus (FBT) and normal pressure hydrocephalus in a 75-year-old male patient with a prior diagnosis of mixed Alzheimer and vascular dementia, who presented with acute onset of altered mental status, behavioral ...
Jasmine Liu-Zarzuela, Imran Hasnuddin, Mariam Mufti   +2 more
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Case Report: Cardiovascular Manifestations due to Flea-Borne Typhus. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
ABSTRACT. Flea-borne typhus is a vector-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi that occurs worldwide, except in Antarctica. In the United States, most cases are restricted to California, Hawaii, and Texas. The syndrome is characterized by nonspecific signs and symptoms: fever, headache, rash, arthralgia, cough, hepatosplenomegaly, diarrhea, and ...
Olivo-Freites C, Davar K, Gallardo-Huizar O, Vijayan T, Younes R.   +4 more
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Case Report: Early Doxycycline Therapy for Potential Rickettsiosis in Critically Ill Patients in Flea-Borne Typhus-Endemic Areas. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2019
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), although usually perceived as a self-resolving febrile illness, actually encompasses a wide spectrum of disease severity, including fulminant sepsis with multi-organ failure. In endemic Texas and California, the incidence of FBT has more than doubled over the last decade.
Chueng TA, Koch KR, Anstead GM, Agarwal AN, Dayton CL.   +4 more
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Murine Typhus: A Review of a Reemerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis with Potential for Neurologic Manifestations and Sequalae

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Murine typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus. Rats (Rattus species) and their fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) serve as the reservoir and vector of R. typhi, respectively.
Lucas S. Blanton
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Organ Donor Transmission of Rickettsia typhi to Kidney Transplant Recipients, Texas, USA, 2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Murine typhus, a fleaborne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is found throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Transmission of R.
Jeffrey C. Jones, Omar G. García, Julian A. Villalba, Rosa Hinojosa, Marissa L. Taylor, Pallavi Annambhotla, Matthias H. Kapturczak, Bonny Mayes, Sandor E. Karpathy, Arlyn N. Gleaton, Linda Moon, Joseph Singleton, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Christopher D. Paddock   +13 more
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The Paucity of Typical Pathology: An Autopsy Series of Typhus Group Rickettsiosis-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis [PDF]

Pathogens
Murine typhus (also called flea-borne or endemic typhus) is an undifferentiated febrile illness caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi. The disease, transmitted by rat and cat fleas, is endemic to seaboard regions worldwide. Recently, murine typhus has
Joshua Klinnert, Vasily Ovechko, Michelle M. Felicella, April McDougal, Sarah E. Muir, Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes, David H. Walker, Lucas S. Blanton   +7 more
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Case Report: Murine typhus complicated by symmetrical peripheral gangrene: first report and diagnostic insights from metagenomic next-generation sequencing [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundMurine typhus, a flea-borne infection caused by Rickettsia typhi, often presents with nonspecific symptoms that delay diagnosis. While usually self-limiting, it can rarely progress to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).
Hengling Zhu, Linhui Hu, Linhui Hu, Linhui Hu, Zaiming Feng, Zichen Zhang, Hengbao Zhu, Huihua Li   +7 more
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Targeting surface cell antigen 2 increases sensitivity of Rickettsia typhi detection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundMurine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi that typically presents as an acute febrile illness. The diagnosis is often missed, leading to delays in appropriate treatment. A qPCR targeting a single gene (ompB) for R.
Weerawat Phuklia, Kaisone Padith, Koukeo Phommasone, Vilada Chansamouth, Mayfong Mayxay, Susath Vongphachanh, Paul N Newton, Matthew T Robinson, Elizabeth A Ashley   +8 more
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