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Murine typhus
An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microorganism, 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).

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murine typhus n a mild febrile disease that is marked by headache and rash, is caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia (R. typhi), is widespread in nature in rodents, and is transmitted to humans by a flea called also endemic typhus

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an acute, flea-borne endemic infectious disease clinically similar to but milder than epidemic typhus; caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is transmitted from rats to humans chiefly by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. The condition has been seen in many parts of the world and given a variety of local names. Called also endemic, flea-borne, or rat t.

Medical dictionary. 2011.