Clinical Features of Murine Typhus
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Between the middle of October 1946 to the middle of January 1947, 11 cases of typhus fever were admitted in C. M. H., Secunderabad. Seven of these cases were diagnosed as murine typhus. The cases occurred in a camp, about 80 miles from the town; those of murine typhus, came from sections B, C and D of the camp.* These Clinically the cases will be described here in 2 groups. Group A.?Four cases of proved murine typhus with positive Weil-Felix reaction and complement-fixation test. Group B.?Three cases with distinctive clinical features of murine typhus, including rash and positive Weil-Felix reaction in one case.
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