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Bayesian population‐based assessment of ascertainment bias in flea‐borne typhus surveillance in California, 2011–2019 [PDF]
Medical and Veterinary EntomologyAbstract 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.
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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 +2 more
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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, Blanton Lucas S
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Vector Control Has a Role to Play in Mitigating the High Incidence of Flea-borne Typhus in Los Angeles County, California [PDF]
Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 2016 Author(s): Wekesa, J. Wakoli; Nelson, Kimberly; Brisco, Angela; Fujioka, Kenn | Abstract: More than 500 human cases of flea-borne typhus have been reported from Los Angeles and Orange Counties over the past 20 years. Only West Nile virus exceeds flea-borne typhus as an important vector-borne disease in these counties.
Wekesa, J. Wakoli +3 more
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Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2012 Results of an environmental assessment conducted in a newly emergent focus of murine typhus in southern California are described. Opossums, Didelphis virginiana Kerr, infested with cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis Buché, in the suburban area were abundant. Animal and flea specimens were tested for the DNA of two flea-borne rickettsiae, Rickettsia typhi
Yamitzel Zaldivar +2 more
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Surveillance of Flea-Borne Typhus in California, 2011-2019. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med HygABSTRACT. Flea-borne typhus (FBT), also referred to as murine typhus, is an acute febrile disease in humans caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi. Currently, cases of FBT are reported for public health surveillance purposes (i.e., to detect incidence and outbreaks) in a few U.S. states. In California, healthcare providers and testing laboratories are
Yomogida K +16 more
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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 +4 more
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Case Report: Cardiovascular Manifestations due to Flea-Borne Typhus. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med HygABSTRACT. 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 +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 +4 more
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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 +3 more
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