Kyle Yomogida, Anne Kjemtrup, Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Mireille Ibrahim, Zuelma Contreras, Van Ngo, Umme-Aiman Halai, Sharon Balter, Matt Feaster, Matthew Zahn, Eric Shearer, Rochelle Sorvillo, Nora Balanji, Cindy Torres, Belinda Prado, Charsey Porse, Vicki Kramer
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), also referred to as murine typhus, is an acute febrile disease in humans caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi. Currently, cases of FBT are reported for public health surveillance purposes (i.e., to detect incidence and outbreaks) in a few U.S. states. In California, healthcare providers and testing laboratories are mandated to report to their respective local public health jurisdictions whenever R. typhi or antibodies reactive to R. typhi are detected in a patient, who then report cases to state health department...
December 18, 2023: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene