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Endemic Typhus

Endemic Typhus is a bacterial zoonotic disease, caused by Rickettsia typhi, that belongs to the spotted fever group of rickettsioses and is distinguished by its transmission cycle involving rodent hosts and the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), in contrast to the human body louse vector of epidemic typhus.

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2017–2026

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Ecology of Rickettsia in South America

Marcelo B. Labruna · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 442 citations

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Endemic Scrub Typhus in South America

Thomas Weitzel, Sabine Dittrich, Javier López et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 262 citations · Full text

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Rickettsial Meningitis and Encephalitis

Khachornsakdi Silpapojakul · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1991 · 163 citations

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Endemic Scrub Typhus-like Illness, Chile

María Elvira Balcells · Emerging infectious diseases · 2011 · 135 citations · Full text

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Scrub typhus in the Western Pacific region.

K Silpapojakul · PubMed · 1997 · 128 citations

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Authors

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  1. ME
    Marina E. Eremeeva

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    6 publications · 178 citations

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  2. AG
    Achilleas Gikas

    University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece

    5 publications · 180 citations

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  3. AO
    Anke Osterloh

    Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany

    5 publications · 116 citations

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  4. UR
    Ulricke Richardt

    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

    5 publications · 116 citations

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  5. KF
    Kenneth F. Maxcy

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 156 citations

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Institutions

177

  1. University of Crete

    Rethymno, Greece

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    660 citations

  2. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

    Hamburg, Germany

    6 h-index

    42 publications

    1K citations

  3. University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    150 citations

  5. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Hamburg, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    150 citations

  6. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    647 citations

  7. Universidad del Desarrollo

    Santiago, Chile

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    584 citations

  8. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

    Galveston, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    594 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 27 publications · 682 citations

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  2. 13

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  3. The Medical Journal of Australia

    MJA · 11 publications · 308 citations

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  4. Public Health Reports (1896-1970)

    9 publications · 257 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Medical Association

    7 publications · 139 citations

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