NALT

Preferred term

murine typhus

Topic

An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus, but caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.

rickettsial diseases

Rickettsia typhi

endemic typhus

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

59925

Spanish

tifus murino

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149069

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Created 10/31/11, last modified 11/30/12