Flying squirrel typhus
Topic: Medicine
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Short description: Bacterial disease
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Flying squirrel typhus is a condition characterized by a rash of early macules, and, later, maculopapules.[1]
The flying squirrel Glaucomys volans can transmit epidemic typhus.[2]
Apart from humans, flying squirrels are the only currently known reservoir for Rickettsia prowazekii.[3]
See also
- Brill–Zinsser disease
- List of cutaneous conditions
References
- ↑ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 1130. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
- ↑ "Epidemic typhus". Lancet Infect Dis 8 (7): 417–26. July 2008. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70150-6. PMID 18582834.
- ↑ "Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States". Emerging Infect. Dis. 9 (10): 1341–3. October 2003. doi:10.3201/eid0910.030278. PMID 14609478.
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