| murine typhus--hawaii, 2002. | murine typhus, a zoonotic disease caused by rickettsia typhi, is uncommon in the united states. hawaii typically reports five or six cases annually; however, 47 cases were reported in 2002. this report summarizes clinical data for three of these cases and describes murine typhus activity in hawaii during 2002 and control efforts of the hawaii department of health (hdh). the high number of reported cases in 2002 underscores the need for community education to prevent murine typhus and an assessme ... | 2003 | 14681594 |
| rickettsia typhi and r. felis in rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis), oahu, hawaii. | rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and r. felis (prevalence 24.8%) dna were detected in rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on oahu island, hawaii. the low prevalence of r. typhi on oahu suggests that r. felis may be a more common cause of rickettsiosis than r. typhi in hawaii. | 2008 | 18826827 |
| murine typhus: endemic rickettsia in southwest texas. | murine typhus is a zoonosis caused by the organism rickettsia typhi and is transmitted to humans by fleas. it is endemic in several areas of texas, california and hawaii where the vector is supported predominantly by rodents in addition to opossums, domestic and feral cats and domestic dogs. we present a typical case in an adult from corpus christi, located in one of the four endemic areas in texas. included is an overview of the organism's pathogenicity and our host responses, both influencing ... | 2012 | 22693777 |