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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Murine typhus cases were also reported during and before the 1960s but not thereafter (1-5). There has been no local human case of hantavirus yet, and in 1999, there were fewer than a dozen cases of murine typhus, a rodent-borne disease that is not usually fatal. While the plague is an extremely rare disease today, fleas also transmit a bacterial disease, murine typhus, to humans through infected rats. |
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