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New Assays Released for Flea-borne Typhus Detection

2014-06-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Flea-borne typhus, formerly called murine or endemic typhus, is a bacterial disease found primarily in the fleas that live on opossums and cats and is transmitted by an infective flea bite. It is caused by the bacteria, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, found in infected fleas and their feces.<br /> <br /> Once a person is infected, flea-borne typhus normally has an incubation period of 6-14 days before symptoms appear. Typical symptoms consist of: <ul> <li> Severe ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Assaying Supplies

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Drought Aided the Spread of Typhus

2014-02-18 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: By combining epidemiological data with climate data, researchers at the University of Arkansas were able to provide evidence that drought contributed to the spread of epidemic typhus in Mexico from 1655 to 1918. Typhus, not to be confused with typhoid fever, can cause delirium, severe muscle pain, joint pain, rash, fever and headache. The mortality rate is estimated between 10 percent and 60 percent for the typhus strain studied, according to the US National Library of Medicine. The study, published...

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