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Endemic Typhus

Prison Fever or Maculated Fever or Louse-Borne Typhus or Hunger Typhus or Flea Typhus or Camp Diarrhea or Ship Fever or Hospital Fever or Typhus Gravior or Murine Typhus or War Fever or Typhus Gravior or Sharp Fever or Prison Fever; An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microorganism, rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis). Also known as rat-flea typhus, and urban typhus of malaya

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