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Murine typhus
Occupational Disease Murine typhus
Murine typhus Category Infection, Occupational
Murine typhus Severity
Acute-Severe
Murine typhus Synonyms
Endemic fleaborne typhus fever; Shop typhus; Rickettsia typhi (Rickettsia mooseri) infection; Rickettsia felis infection
Information on Murine typhus Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Transmitted by rat fleas, this disease can be prevented by applying insecticides to "rat runs, burrows and harborages." [Chin, p. 544-5]
Murine typhus Latency
1-2 weeks, usually about 12 days;
Murine typhus References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no4/adobe/parola.pdf