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murine typhus

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murine typhus [′myu̇‚rīn ′tī·fəs]
(medicine)
A relatively mild, acute, febrile illness of worldwide distribution caused byRickettsia mooseri, transmitted from rats to humans by the flea and characterized by headache, macular rash, and myalgia. Also known as endemic typhus; flea-borne typhus; rat typhus; shop typhus; urban typhus.


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Murine typhus is a worldwide febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is frequently associated with exposure to reservoir animals and their ectoparasites (1,2).
Plague, Murine Typhus and Tungiasis are the diseases caused by fleas.
They can transmit a number of diseases, which can be potentially fatal to man, such as Weil's disease and murine typhus.
 
 
 
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