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Murine Typhus in Children, South Texas

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Children from South Texas were evaluated for immunoglobulin G to Rickettsia typhi, the causative agent of murine typhus. Of 513 children, 8.6% of those 1–5 years of age, 13.3% of those 6–11 years of age, and 13.8% of those 12–17 years of age had positive
Kevin Purcell, Jaime Fergie, Kevin Richman, Lisa Rocha   +3 more
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia typhi in cats and fleas [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Rickettsia typhi is the etiological agent of murine typhus (MT), a disease transmitted by two cycles: rat-flea-rat, and peridomestic cycle. Murine typhus is often misdiagnosed and underreported. A correct diagnosis is important because MT can
Maria Mercedes Nogueras, Segura, Ferran, Immaculada Pons, Ortuño Romero, Anna M., Castellà Espuny, Joaquim, Pla, Júlia, Ferran Segura, Joaquim Castellà, Jaime Miret, Nogueras, Maria-Mercedes, Pons, Immaculada, Miret, Jaime, Julia Pla, Ana Ortuño   +13 more
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Structural determination of Rickettsia lipid A without chemical extraction confirms shorter acyl chains in later-evolving spotted fever group pathogens

mSphere
Rickettsiae are Gram-negative obligate intracellular parasites of numerous eukaryotes. Human pathogens of the transitional group (TRG), typhus group (TG), and spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae infect blood-feeding arthropods, have dissimilar clinical
Hyojik Yang, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Courtney E. Chandler, Shreeram Nallar, Greg A. Snyder, Robert K. Ernst, Joseph J. Gillespie   +6 more
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Rickettsial Seroepidemiology among Farm Workers, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
High seroprevalence rates for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (8.8%), Coxiella burnetii (6.4%), Bartonella henselae (9.6%), and Rickettsia typhi (4.1%) in 365 farm workers near Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, suggest that human infections with these ...
Jingshan Zhang, Ailan Shan, Bobby Mathew, Jieying Yin, Xiuping Fu, Lijuan Zhang, Jie Lu, Jianguo Xu, J. Stephen Dumler   +8 more
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Rickettsia typhi Infection with Interstitial Pneumonia in a Traveler Treated with Moxifloxacin

, 2011
Rickettsial diseases may play an important part in the differential diagnosis of fever in returned travelers. The initial empirical treatment needs to take Rickettsia species into consideration to avoid the development of life ...
August Stich, Heinz-Jakob Langen, Andreas Müller, Marco H. Schulze, Guido Hegasy, Christian Keller, Uwe Ziegler   +6 more
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Rickettsia typhi in rodents and R. fleas in Yucatán as a possible causal agent of undefined febrile cases

, 2015
Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents.
JORGE EDUARDO ZAVALA CASTRO, GASPAR FERNANDO PENICHE LARA, KARLA ROSSANET DZUL ROSADO, CARLOS ENRIQUE PEREZ OSORIO   +3 more
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Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R.
Ju Jiang, Djoko W. Soeatmadji, Katherine M. Henry, Sutanti Ratiwayanto, Michael J. Bangs, Allen L. Richards   +5 more
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First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, which was first detected in Mexico in 1927. It was not until 1996 that the first systematized study involving this pathogen was conducted in two coastal states of Mexico. We now report the
Selene Blum-Domínguez, Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Luis Alberto Núñez-Oreza, José Mendoza-Zamudio, Ingeborg Becker, Miriam Berzunza-Cruz, Paulino Tamay-Segovia   +6 more
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Papilitis bilateral por rickettsia typhi:: a propósito de un caso

, 2018
Caso clínico: Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 21 años que refiere cefalea asociada a pérdida de visión bilateral con una exploración oftalmológica inicial anodina, exploración neurológica y pruebas de imagen normales.
Hernández Ruiz, Samuel, Rodríguez Falcón, M., Pérez Ruiz, A., López Méndez, P.   +3 more
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Serological evidence of infection with <i>Rickettsia typhi</i> among inmates in Jos Prison, Nigeria.

, 2010
Background: Rickettsia typhi a gram negative obligate intracellular bacterium has been described as the etiological agent of murine typhus an infectious disease associated with febrile illnesses and wide range of non-specific clinical signs.
Lohy, N, O Chukwu, K Mathias, O Stella, N Lohy, Vendagor, N, Chukwu, O, Stella, O, Mathias, K, N Vendagor   +9 more
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