endemic typhus

Term ID

DOID:0050481

Synonyms

• cat flea rickettsiosis
• fleaborne typhus
• murine typhus
• Rat-Flea Typhus
• Rickettsia felis spotted fever
• Shop typhus
• toulon typhus
• urban typhus
• Urban Typhus of Malaya

Definition

A typhus that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia typhi or has_material_basis_in Rickettsia felis, which are transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). The infection has symptom headache, has symptom fever, has symptom chills, has symptom myalgia, has symptom nausea, has symptom vomiting, has symptom cough and has symptom rash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murine_typhus

References

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:0050481 )