Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne

**Definition:** An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.150.252.400.789.725.800 - C01.920.914.725.800

**Synonyms:** - Murine Typhus - Murine Typhus Infection - Rickettsia typhi Infection - Typhus, Murine - Endemic Typhus