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Murine Typhus: An Important Consideration for the Nonspecific Febrile Illness
Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 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. We herein report a case of murine typhus in an area where the broad use of DDT in the mid‐20th century has now made it a rare disease.
Gurjot Basra +3 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 9, Page 966-977, September 2025.Abstract Objectives To inform patient management and disease prevention, we sought to estimate the prevalence of, and identify risk factors for, scrub typhus, murine typhus, and spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) among febrile patients presenting to hospital in Myanmar.
Thomas R. Bowhay +13 more
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Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 532-539, April 2025.ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe +3 more
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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2024.New technology is changing how we monitor and control the evolution of pathogens. AI cannot predict the future but it can help us by looking at how laboratory accidents cause pathogen outbreaks. We also discuss potential epidemic origins based on unusual organisms or associations of organisms that have rarely been highlighted or studied.
Antoine Danchin
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Public Health Challenges, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2024.Fleas infest rodents and other small mammals, serving as vectors for zoonotic diseases such as plague. Villages in plague foci exhibited higher abundances of fleas in comparison to non‐plague foci villages. Factors such as dry season, farmlands, and rodent characteristics influenced flea abundance on rodents in the study area. ABSTRACT Background Fleas
Joshua Reuben Jakoniko +3 more
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InfectioEl tifus murino es una enfermedad infecciosa de carácter zoonótico causada por Rickettsia typhi . Se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina de 13 años edad, procedente del área urbana de la ciudad de Cali, quien presentó un cuadro febril asociado a ...
Jaime A. Patiño-Niño +5 more
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Flea‐Borne Typhus as a COVID‐19 Mimic: A Report of Four Cases
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Flea‐borne typhus (FBT), due to Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia, and diverse organ manifestations. Cough occurs in about 30% of patients with FBT, and chest X‐ray abnormalities are seen in 17%.
Bradley V. Dye +5 more
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Epidemiology and clinical features of flea-borne rickettsioses
Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2017 Murine typhus is a flea-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia typhi. The disease is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. It is likely vastly under-recognized as a cause of febrile illness.
Lucas Scott Blanton
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Surveillance of vector-borne infections: Dogs as sentinel animals for <i>Orientia</i> and <i>Rickettsia</i> exposure in five regions in Chile. [PDF]
One HealthLópez-Silva P +7 more
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Infestation patterns and ecological distribution of fleas and sucking lice on <i>Rattus tanezumi</i> in southwest China: Evidence from a long-term multi-provincial study (2000-2024). [PDF]
Vet WorldZhu XJ +6 more
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