Clinical and Epidemiological Studies on Rickettsial Infections in Ethiopia.

The evidence continues to suggest overwhelmingly that, in Ethiopia, murine typhus infection is intimately associated with introduced comensal rodents (Rattus rattus and Mus musculus), and their ectoparasites, indoors. Other commensal rodents like Mastomys, Praomys, which are native murines, do not s...

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Main Author: Wisseman,Charles L , Jr
Other Authors: MARYLAND UNIV BALTIMORE DEPT OF MICROBIOLOGY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
Medicine and Medical Research
Microbiology
*INFECTIOUS DISEASES
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*ETHIOPIA
*RICKETTSIA
RODENTS
SEROLOGY
TICKS
MITES
TYPHUS
ECOLOGY
SIPHONAPTERA
LICE
FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUES
Murine typhus
Rickettsia mooseri
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA047946
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Summary:The evidence continues to suggest overwhelmingly that, in Ethiopia, murine typhus infection is intimately associated with introduced comensal rodents (Rattus rattus and Mus musculus), and their ectoparasites, indoors. Other commensal rodents like Mastomys, Praomys, which are native murines, do not seem to play a role in the absence of Rattus or M. musculus even though they may be common in domiciles and infested with Xenopsylla cheopis, the presumed vector, or with X. bantorum, a species which has also been found naturally infected with R. mooseri in our study. If Rattus or M. musculus co-exist with Praomys, then it (and probably other native murines as well) may become secondarily involved on a limited scale. (Author)

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