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Typhus fever. A virus of the typhus type derived from fleas collected from wild rats.

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Publication Details

Publ. Hlth. Rep. (Wash.), 46, 334-38. 1931 CE.

Murine typhus shown to be caused by an organism later named Rickettsia mooseri, transmitted by fleas from rats to man. With A. Rumreich and L. F. Badger.

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Microbiology & Virology

Thematic Classifications

BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Rickettsiales › Rickettsia INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Lice-Borne Diseases › Typhus

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Entry Number	#5396.2
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