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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > rickettsial diseases > murine typhus
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > bacterial infections > rickettsial diseases > murine typhus
Preferred Term:

murine typhus

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
rickettsial diseases
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • endemic typhus
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149069
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RDF/XMLCreated 2011-10-31, last modified 2012-11-30
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