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Definition of Murine typhus
1. Noun. Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash.
Medical Definition of Murine typhus
1. An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microoganism, rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically worldwide but is more prevalent in congested rat-infested urban areas. Also known as endemic typhus, rat-flea typhus; urban typhus of malaya). (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murine Typhus
Literary usage of Murine typhus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"murine typhus. — Although louse borne typhus is a much more severe disease than
murine typhus, it is not possible to distinguish the two diseases clinically ..."
2. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"Pike reported 57 cases of laboratory-associated typhus (type not specified), 56
cases of epidemic typhus with 3 deaths, and cases of murine typhus.151 More ..."
3. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"More recently, three cases of murine typhus were reported from a research
facility (18). Two of these three cases were associated with work with infectious ..."
4. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"Endemic, or murine, typhus occurs worldwide and is transmitted by rat fleas.
Tickborne typhus fevers occur most commonly in parts of Africa and Asia. ..."
5. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"murine typhus, mice, rats, and fleas on the Darling Downs. Med J Aust 1960;
2:924-928. 21. Greenlee JE, Dodd WK. Reactivation of persistent papovavirus K ..."
6. Health Information for International Travel by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"murine typhus is relatively common throughout the world and is transmitted by fleas.
Highest incidence of cases occurs during the summer months when rats ..."
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