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A Flea-Borne Mystery: Unraveling Murine Typhus in a Patient with Unexplained Encephalopathy [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Murine typhus is a flea-borne rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia typhi , commonly seen in endemic regions like Southern California and Texas. While it typically presents with fever, rash, and headache, neurological symptoms such as altered mental
Jose Loayza Pintado MD, Jorge Aboytes MD, Cesar Uribe MD   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

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

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Although flea‐borne typhus is historically associated with poorer living conditions, FBT surveillance reporting is associated with greater socioeconomic advantage at the population level. FBT surveillance may be biased towards socioeconomic advantage in its ascertainment of surveillance data.
Matt Feaster, Kyle Yomogida, Matthew Zahn   +2 more
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A 16-Year-Old Boy With ARDS and Septic Shock, an Atypical Presentation of Murine Typhus: Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]

Case Rep Crit Care
Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi that occurs worldwide, but predominantly in endemic areas. The clinical presentation of typhus is often nonspecific, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment.
François PH, Leclerc T, Jaboyedoff M, Opota O, Greub G, Maitre G, Chanez V.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Fatal Flea-Borne Typhus in Texas: A Retrospective Case Series, 1985–2015 [PDF]

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 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.
Emily G Pieracci, Christopher D. Paddock, Casey Barton Behravesh   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Flea-borne Rickettsioses: Ecologic Considerations

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
Ecologic and economic factors, as well as changes in human behavior, have resulted in the emergence of new and the reemergence of existing but forgotten infectious diseases during the past 20 years.
Abdu F. Azad, Suzana Radulovic, James A. Higgins, B. H. Noden, Jill M. Troyer   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A 2015 outbreak of flea-borne rickettsiosis in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Although flea-borne rickettsiosis is endemic in Los Angeles County, outbreaks are rare. In the spring of 2015 three human cases of flea-borne rickettsiosis among residents of a mobile home community (MHC) prompted an investigation.
Kimberly Nelson, Alice N Maina, Angela Brisco, Chelsea Foo, Curtis Croker, Van Ngo, Rachel Civen, Allen L Richards, Kenn Fujioka, J Wakoli Wekesa   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A review of public health important fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) and flea-borne diseases in India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2022
Fleas (Insecta, Siphonaptera) are important vectors of plague and murine typhus in many parts of the world. Currently, about 2700 flea species were described in the world.
V Rajamannar, R Govindarajan, Ashwani Kumar, P Philip Samuel   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Conflicting Roles of Vector Control and Animal Control Agencies in Mitigating the Rise of Human Cases of Flea-borne Typhus in Orange County, California [PDF]

Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 2014
Flea-borne typhus has emerged as an important vector-borne disease in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, with over 400 human cases having been reported since the mid-1980s.
Hearst, Michael, Krueger, Laura, Cummings, Robert, Fogarty, Carrie, Bennett, Stephen, Nguyen, Kiet, Velten, Robert   +6 more
core   +5 more sources

Murine Typhus Infection in Pregnancy: Case Series and Literature Review

Pathogens, 2021
Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease of worldwide distribution with a recent reemergence in the United States of America. There are limited data about the presentation, treatment, and outcomes in the pregnant population. We report on two cases of murine
Melinda B. Tanabe, Lucas S. Blanton, Mauricio La Rosa, Camille M. Webb   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
Klinnert J, Ovechko V, Felicella MM, McDougal A, Muir SE, Crocquet-Valdes PA, Walker DH, Blanton LS.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources