Back Tifus murino Spanish تیفوس آندمیک Persian Typhus murin French Tifo murino Italian 발진열 Korean Tifo murino Portuguese Murine typhus SIMPLE Ендемічний висипний тиф Ukrainian Bệnh sốt phát ban do chuột Vietnamese 鼠型斑疹伤寒 Chinese
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| Murine typhus | |
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| Other names | Endemic typhus |
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| Chest Xray of a 40 yr old male in acute respiratory distress syndrome as a complication of murine typhus | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus or flea-borne typhus, is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats, in contrast to epidemic typhus which is usually transmitted by lice.[1][2][3] Murine typhus is an under-recognized entity, as it is often confused with viral illnesses. Most people who are infected do not realize that they have been bitten by fleas. Historically the term "hunger-typhus" was used in accounts by British POWs in Germany at the end of World War I when they described conditions in Germany.[citation needed]
- ^ Li, Li; Li, Guiying (2015), Li, Hongjun (ed.), "Epidemic and Endemic Typhus", Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 2, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 89–94, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9876-1_8, ISBN 978-94-017-9876-1, retrieved 2021-02-27
- ^ "Flea-borne (murine) typhus". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ "Epidemic typhus". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-02-27.