| murine and epidemic typhus rickettsiae: how close is their relationship? | typhus fever has occurred globally as epidemic and endemic disorders. in 1910, brill reported a typhus-like illness which zinsser and others determined to be recurrent epidemic typhus fever. maxcy, in 1926, proposed rodents and fleas as reservoir and vector, respectively, of endemic typhus, which dyer confirmed in 1930. animals experimentally infected with epidemic typhus (rickettsia prowazeki) are immune to murine typhus (rickettsia typhi) and vice versa. similar solid cross-immunity exists for ... | 1982 | 6817526 |