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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 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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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
Gregory Dasch +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 Blanton, Blanton Lucas S
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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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Manifestations and Management of Flea-Borne Rickettsioses
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2021 Maria A Caravedo Martinez,1 Alejandro Ramírez-Hernández,2 Lucas S Blanton1 1Department of Internal Medicine – Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; 2Department of Pathology ...
Alejandro Ramirez Hernández +1 more
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IDCasesFlea-borne typhus (FBT), also known as murine typhus, is a zoonotic infection caused by R. typhi with world-wide distribution. In the United States, the infection is uncommon but remains endemic in some areas, including Los Angeles County.
Rolando A. Zamora Gonzalez +2 more
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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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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 +9 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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