MURINE FLEA-BORNE TYPHUS

Authors: Higgins, James; AZAD, ABDU - UNIV. MD MEDICAL SCHOOL

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/7/1999
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Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This chapter in the textbook "Hunter's Tropical Medicine," describes the disease endemic (flea-borne) typhus. Murine typhus is a zoonotic disease that infects humans and companion animals. Caused by Rickettsia typhi, the This chapter presents information on the epidemiology, pathology, disease is rarely reported, although it has a cosmopolitan distribution. The chapter presents information on the epidemiology, pathology, treatment, and precention of this disease.