|
|
Article: Geographic association of Rickettsia felis-infected opossums with human murine typhus, Texas. (Research).
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Application of molecular diagnostic technology in the past 10 years has resulted in the discovery of several new species of pathogenic rickettsiae, including Rickettsia felis. As more sequence information for rickettsial genes has become available, the data have been used to reclassify rickettsial species and to develop new diagnostic tools for analysis of mixed rickettsial pathogens. R. felis has been associated with opossums and their fleas in Texas and California. Because R. felis can cause human illness, we investigated the distribution dynamics in the murine typhus-endemic areas of these two states. The geographic distribution of R. felis-infected opossum populations ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Murine typhus from Vietnam, imported into ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;
September 1, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... avian influenza have been reported. Murine typhus cases were also reported during and ... etiologic agents of spotted fever, murine typhus, and epidemic typhus were then performed ... To elucidate whether the disease was murine typhus or epidemic typhus, we conducted cross ...
|
|