Typhus Fever: The Rat Flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, in Experimental Transmission

Dyer, R. E.; Ceder, E. T.; Rumreich, A.; Badger, L. F.

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“…They found that the rickettsiae multiplied within the epithelial cells of the In 1931, Dyer, Ceder, Rumreich, and Badger established that X. cheopis can harbor R. typhi and transmit the infection from rat to rat. The investigators introduced hungry fleas into a cage containing R. typhi-infected rats and uninfected rats, which led to infection of the latter [112]. In that same year, Mooser, Ruiz Casteñada, and Zinsser found that the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa was the most abundant ectoparasite on rats in Mexico.…”

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History, Rats, Fleas, and Opossums: The Ascendency of Flea-Borne Typhus in the United States, 1910–1944

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2020

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Flea-borne typhus, due to Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia, and diverse organ manifestations. Although most cases are self-limited, 26%-28% have complications and up to one-third require intensive care. Flea-borne typhus was recognized as an illness similar to epidemic typhus, but having a milder course, in the Southeastern United States and TX from 1913 into the 1920s. Kenneth Maxcy of the US Public Health Service (USPHS) first described the illness in detail and proposed a rodent reservoir and an arthropod vector. Other investigators of the USPHS (

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