Murine typhus

Murine typhus
Murine typhus
Other names	Endemic typhus
	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.

[1] 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

[2] "Flea-borne (murine) typhus". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

[3] "Epidemic typhus". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

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