endemic typhus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rat-Flea Typhus, Rickettsia felis spotted fever, Urban Typhus of Malaya, cat flea rickettsiosis, fleaborne typhus, toulon typhus, urban typhus, murine typhus
typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats
Research
1,558 papers- Murine typhus: a re-emerging rickettsial zoonotic disease.Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology · 2024
- Endemic typhus fever.American practitioner and digest of treatment · 1946
- Murine Typhus-Induced Myocarditis.The American journal of medicine · 2022
- Endemic typhus fever.Kentucky medical journal · 1948
- Endemic typhus in Singapore--a re-emerging infectious disease?Singapore medical journal · 2001
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
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- has natural reservoir
- Gerbillinae
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 5
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 15
- symptoms and signs
- headache
- medical examination
- polymerase chain reaction
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ciprofloxacin
- health specialty
- infectious diseases
- has cause
- Rickettsia typhi
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050481
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- WikiProject Medicine
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