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    Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus or flea-borne typhus, is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats, in contrast...
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    Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include...
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    corporis). Untreated typhus cases have a fatality rate of approximately 40%. Epidemic typhus should not be confused with murine typhus, which is more endemic...
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  • best known to be the causative agent for the disease murine typhus, which is an endemic typhus in humans that is distributed worldwide. As with all rickettsial...
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    equatorial jungle to the subtropics. In rural Thailand and Laos, murine and scrub typhus account for around a quarter of all adults presenting to hospital...
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    of death may be as high as 20%. With treatment, it is between 1% and 4%. Typhus is a different disease, caused by unrelated species of bacteria. Owing to...
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    flea digestive tract, among them the hemin storage system and Yersinia murine toxin (Ymt). Although Ymt is highly toxic to rodents and was once thought...
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    7 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017. "Murine Typhus". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 26 March 2017. "Scrub Typhus". www.cdc.gov. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 26...
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    caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, named in Ricketts's honor. Ricketts died of typhus (another rickettsial disease) in Mexico in 1910, shortly after completing...
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    display reduced macrophage survival and spontaneous clearance from the murine gastric mucosa". Infection and Immunity. 71 (4): 2022–31. doi:10.1128/IAI...
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    of the genus Rattus, and is a primary vector for bubonic plague and murine typhus. This occurs when a flea that has fed on an infected rodent bites a...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Epidemic typhus, recrudescent typhus, and sporadic typhus Rickettsia typhi (worldwide) Murine typhus (endemic typhus) The causative agent of scrub typhus formerly...
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    relevant as murine rodents are poorly susceptible to C. burnetii, necessitating a higher dose and a more virulent dose to inoculate murine rodents for...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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  • Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    untreated. No known deaths have resulted from the disease. Murine typhus (also called endemic typhus), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is transmitted...
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  • symptom onset (usually a week). The differential diagnosis list includes typhus, ehrlichiosis, leptospirosis, Lyme disease, and virus-caused exanthema (measles...
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    accurate. Symptoms are similar to those of many other infectious diseases. Typhus is a different disease. While no vaccine is available specifically for paratyphoid...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Montie TC (1977). "Beta-adrenergic blocking activity of Yersinia pestis murine toxin". Infection and Immunity. 18 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1128/IAI.18.1.85-93...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    v t e Flea-borne diseases Bacterial infection (all G-) Murine typhus Lyme disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever Ehrlichiosis Relapsing fever Tularemia...
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    Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century (category Epidemic typhus)
    Austria.[citation needed] Epidemic typhus is caused by the bacteria Rickettsia Prowazekii; it comes from lice. Murine typhus is caused by the Rickettsia Typhi...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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    Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever...
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