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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. infectious diseases and infestations
  3. infectious diseases
  4. bacterial infections
  5. rickettsial diseases
  6. murine typhus
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. infectious diseases and infestations
  3. infectious diseases
  4. bacterial infections
  5. rickettsial diseases
  6. murine typhus

Preferred term

murine typhus

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus, but caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • endemic typhus

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149069

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