A Flea-Borne Mystery: Unraveling Murine Typhus in a Patient with Unexplained Encephalopathy [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case ReportsMurine 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 +2 more
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The Paucity of Typical Pathology: An Autopsy Series of Typhus Group Rickettsiosis-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis [PDF]
PathogensMurine 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 +7 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
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Murine typhus is a flea-borne zoonotic disease with acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi and is distributed widely throughout the world, particularly in port cities and coastal regions.
Pai-Shan Chiang +6 more
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Molecular Evidence for Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis in Febrile Patients from Madagascar. [PDF]
, 2021 Rickettsiae may cause febrile infections in humans in tropical and subtropical regions. From Madagascar, no molecular data on the role of rickettsioses in febrile patients are available.
Dekker, Denise +15 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]
, 2017 This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
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High Seroprevalence for Typhus Group rickettsiae, southwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Rickettsioses caused by typhus group rickettsiae have been reported in various African regions. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1,227 participants from 9 different sites in the Mbeya region, Tanzania; overall seroprevalence of typhus group ...
Clowes, Petra +10 more
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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.
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Rickettsia Pada Pinjal Tikus (Xenopsylla Cheopis) Di Daerah Pelabuhan Semarang, Kupang Dan Maumere [PDF]
, 2016 The genus of Rickettsia is gram negative bacteria causing rickettsioses and involve mammal hosts and arthropod vectors in their life cycle (lices, mites, ticks, and fleas). Rats were one of rickettsial hosts, and fleas were rat ectoparasites that involve
Joharina, A. S. (Arum) +6 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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