Flea-borne spotted fever (due to Rickettsia felis, about 300 cases a year in the U.S.), which in addition to the symptoms above may also cause a rash that starts on the body and spreads to the ...

Globally, the small, intracellular bacteria causing spotted fevers and typhus infect ... What about domestic flea-borne typhus (FBT) -- once another common rickettsial threat, especially in ...

This disease is also referred to as endemic typhus, flea-borne typhus, or flea-borne spotted fever. The primary reservoirs for this infection include rodents like rats, mice, and mongoose.

A flea-borne disease that was once largely eradicated ... It's considered more mild than other rickettsial illnesses such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but it can be fatal.

CDC researchers warned clinicians March 27 about a potential resurgence of murine typhus, a rare flea-borne disease ... Common symptoms include fever and chills, body aches, loss of appetite ...

leading to what is also referred to as endemic typhus or flea-borne spotted fever. Common carriers of this disease include rats, mice, and mongooses. Symptoms typically appear seven to 14 days ...

"A vector-borne illness is one from a tick, a mosquito or a flea. All of those are increasing. So Rocky mountain spotted fever you would think as occurring in the mountains." According to the ...

In the Thirty Years’ War, an estimated 8,000,000 Germans were wiped out by flea-borne bubonic plague and louse-borne typhus fever. On Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, typhus, dysentery and ...

Orange County vector control officials are urging residents to keep their pets, bodies and homes flea free, after a human case of flea-borne typhus was detected in the city of Fountain Valley ...

A North Texas city is seeing an increase in cases of flea-borne typhus, a bacterial disease transmitted by fleas. Collin County Health Care Services announced last week that McKinney is seeing an ...