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.
1We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City.
2The symptoms, effectiveness of tetracycline, and presence of a large rat population raised the suspicion of murine typhus.
3This first reported outbreak of murine typhus in Thailand is notable for its occurrence in a new human settlement only 8 months after construction.
4Murine typhus is endemic in several countries.