Endemic typhus

Rickettsia—Rocky Mountain spotted fever, endemic typhus (murine), epidemic typhus (louse-borne), scrub typhus, (Orientia tsutsugamushi), trench fever, Q fever... 

Endemic typhus A flea-borne typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi. 

Bellanca, J., P. lannin, B. Hamory, W.F. Miner, J. Salaki, and M. Stek, Jr. 1978. Laboratory-acquired endemic typhus—Maryland. Morbid. Mortal. Weekly Rep. 27 215-216. 

Epidemic typhus occurs chiefly where unfavorable social and sanitary conditions prevail, in dark overcrowded living quarters, hospitals, prisons, emigration ships, caused by crop failures and price increases, thus also known as starvation, hospital, prison, ship or war typhus. Typhus is endemic in Russia, the Balkans, northern Africa, Asia Minor, and Mexico. According to Tarrassevich, 25-30 million people sufferedfrom typhus in Russia in 1918-1921, which amounts to 20-23% of the population. [...]... 

Typhus, Endemic prostration, fever and general pains with a Abraded Skin Vector (Fleas) Mortality Rate < 1% Reservoir Rats, Mice... 

Rickettsia (endemic or flea-borne typhus) 1 to 2 weeks Vector... 

Several distinct Rickettsiae species cause typhus fevers in humans. Each agent produces disease with a distinct epidemiology, but all cause illness, usually with fever, headache, or rash, or a combiitation of these. Treatment of all forms of typhus is similar and include.s administration of appropriate antibiotics (tor example, the tetracycline class) and supportive care relapses are infrequent. Epidemic typhus is passed from perst)n to person by the body louse. Endemic, or murine, typhus occurs worldwide and is transmitted by rat fleas. Different tickbome typhus fevers occur in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Asia. Scrub typhus, transmitted by rodent mites, occurs in a large area from the Indian subcontinent to Australia and in much of Asia, including Japan, China, Korea, and parts of Russia. 

Typhus fever Rickettsial disease that occurs in a variety of forms including epidemic, endemic (murine), and scrub typhus. 

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