Diseases

Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus

An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS.

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An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS.

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17 entry terms
  • Endemic Typhus
  • Murine Typhus
  • Murine Typhus Infection
  • Rickettsia typhi Infection
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne
  • Typhus, Murine
  • Flea-Borne Typhus, Endemic
  • Infection, Murine Typhus
  • Infection, Rickettsia typhi
  • Infections, Murine Typhus
  • Infections, Rickettsia typhi
  • Murine Typhus Infections
  • Rickettsia typhi Infections
  • Typhus Infection, Murine
  • Typhus Infections, Murine
  • Typhus, Endemic
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea Borne

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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77; was TYPHUS, MURINE 1963-76

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014437. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014437
  2. Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murine_typhus
  3. Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084532