Open AccessIs murine typhus re-emerging in Portugal ?
Author(s) -
F. Bacellar,
I Lencastre,
Armindo R. Filipe
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.03.02.00124-en
Subject(s) - typhus , rickettsia typhi , murine typhus , rickettsia , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , rickettsiosis , scrub typhus , rickettsiaceae , rickettsia prowazekii , medicine , biology , disease , pathology , virus
Murine typhus or endemic typhus is an infectious disease, clinically very similar to epidemic typhus, and caused by Rickettsia typhi(sometimes referred to as R. mooseri). Murine typhus was fairly common in Portugal until the 1940s, when several cases diag
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