Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2019 Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report.
Sokani Sánchez-Montes +5 more
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Increased Nucleosomes and Neutrophil Activation Link to Disease Progression in Patients with Scrub Typhus but Not Murine Typhus in Laos [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Cell-mediated immunity is essential in protection against rickettsial illnesses, but the role of neutrophils in these intracellular vasculotropic infections remains unclear.
Daniel H Paris +2 more
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Clinical Manifestations and Molecular Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus and Murine Typhus, Vietnam, 2015–2017 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Rickettsioses are endemic to Vietnam; however, only a limited number of clinical studies have been performed on these vectorborne bacteria. We conducted a prospective hospital-based study at 2 national referral hospitals in Hanoi to describe the clinical
Nguyen Vu Trung +13 more
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Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar. [PDF]
Trop Med Int HealthAbstract Objectives Rickettsioses are frequent causes of treatable febrile illness in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Accurate estimates of the incidence of rickettsioses are needed to inform investments in disease prevention and control. We sought to estimate the incidence of rickettsioses among adults and adolescents by combining sentinel hospital
Oo WT +13 more
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Severe Murine Typhus with Pulmonary System Involvement
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We encountered a case of severe murine typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome. To determine worldwide prevalence of such cases, we reviewed the literature and found that respiratory symptoms occur in ≈30% of murine typhus patients.
Thomas W. van der Vaart +6 more
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Murine Typhus and Febrile Illness, Nepal
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the ...
Mark D. Zimmerman +9 more
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Murine Typhus: An Important Consideration for the Nonspecific Febrile Illness [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Murine typhus is a widely distributed flea-borne infection caused by Rickettsia typhi. Symptoms of murine typhus are nonspecific and mimic a variety of other infectious diseases.
Gurjot Basra +2 more
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Murine Typhus, Reunion, France, 2011–2013
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Murine typhus case was initially identified in Reunion, France, in 2012 in a tourist. Our investigation confirmed 8 autochthonous cases that occurred during January 2011–January 2013 in Reunion. Murine typhus should be considered in local patients and in
Elsa Balleydier +13 more
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Outcomes of Hospitalized and Critically Ill Adults with Murine Typhus, Galveston, Texas, USA, 2019–2023 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMurine typhus is a reemerging infectious disease with the potential for severe manifestations. We conducted a retrospective study to examine severe illness in those hospitalized with murine typhus in Galveston, Texas.
Matthew Pickich +5 more
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Significance of major international seaports in the distribution of murine typhus in Taiwan
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundInternational seaports are hotspots for disease invasion and pathogens can persist in seaports even after ports are abandoned. Transmitted by fleas infected by Rickettsia typhi, murine typhus, a largely neglected and easily misdiagnosed disease,
Chi-Chien Kuo +2 more
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