Murine Typhus in Canary Islands, Spain, 1999–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Robaina-Bordón, José María ; Carranza-Rodríguez, Cristina ; Hernández-Cabrera, Michele ; Bolaños-Rivero, Margarita ; Pisos-Álamo, Elena ; Jaén-Sánchez, Nieves ; Hernández-Betancor, Araceli ; Suárez-Hormiga, Laura ; Pérez-Arellano, José Luis
• Description:
  To document the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of murine typhus patients in the Canary Islands (Spain), we analyzed data that were retrospectively collected for 16 years for 221 patients. Murine typhus in the Canary Islands is characterized by a high rate of complications (31.6%), mainly liver, lung, kidney or central nervous system involvement.
• Subjects:
  Animals Humans Liver Mice Retrospective Studies Rickettsia Typhi Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(2):570-573
• Pubmed ID:
  33496241
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7853564
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0001507217e412bada415c170bae55e403abc493a625338f70ddf7b648486d71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102438/cdc_102438_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 481.16 KB ]