The Murine typhus is not spread from one person to another, or from person to fleas. In India, such rare bacterial infections have been reported in the Northeast, Madhya Pradesh, and Kashmir.

Murine typhus is a very uncommon disease in India, however, occurrences have been documented in the Northeast, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir, among other places.

A case of murine typhus is reported in Kerala in a 75 year old man who had recently travelled to Cambodia and Vietnam. He complained of severe body pain and fatigue after the trip.

Indeed, the case fatality rate for murine typhus is estimated at 0.4%, said Lucas Blanton, MD, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

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“In L.A., murine [typhus] used to be in the city center,” Blanton said. “It was more urban, more related to rats. Then cases began popping up sporadically in the 1960s, ...

Murine typhus is carried in infected fleas, which, as the name suggests, usually infect rats or mice. However, these infected fleas can also get onto cats, dogs, and even opossums.

Murine typhus is a flea-borne bacterial infection caused by *Rickettsia typhi*, leading to symptoms like fever, headaches, and body aches. Early treatment with antibiotics like doxycycline is ...

Murine typhus, a bacterial disease carried by fleas and lice, is on the rise in Texas, researchers reported last last week (March 22) in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Rickettsia, the bacteria behind ...