Advances in Methods of Murine Typhus Control
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Murine Typhus
RICKETTSIA TYPHI is an intracellular bacteria who causes murine typhus. His importance is reflected in the high frequency founding specific antibodies against Rickettsia typhi in several worldwide seroepidemiological studies, the seroprevalence ranging between 3-36%. Natural reservoirs of R. typhi are rats (some species belonging the Rattus Genus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) are his vector. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1941
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.31.7.720