Dose-response model of murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi): time post inoculation and host age dependency analysis
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Dose-response model of murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi): time post inoculation and host age dependency analysis
BACKGROUND Rickettsia typhi (R. mooseri) is the causative agent of murine typhus. It is one of the most widely distributed flea-borne diseases with a relatively mild febrile initial illness with six to 14 days of incubation period. The bacterium is gram negative and an obligate intracellular pathogen. The disease is transmitted to humans and vertebrate host through fleabites or via contact with...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-77