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MURINE TYPHUS - JAPAN EX INDONESIA (BALI) (02): BACKGROUND
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Date: Fri 11 Apr 2008
Source: GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network) [edited]
<http://www.GideonOnline.com>
Travel-related episodes of endemic typhus are relatively uncommon.
The following chronology is abstracted from Gideon
(<http://www.GideonOnline.com>). Primary references available on request.
1997 (publication year) -- 3 Norwegian tourists acquired endemic
typhus in Guinea-Bissau, Crete, and Thailand.
1998 (publication year) -- 3 European travelers acquired endemic
typhus in Indonesia.
1998 -- 2 Norwegians acquired endemic typhus in China and Crete.
1999 -- A Norwegian acquired endemic typhus in Malta.
2001 (publication year) -- A German tourist acquired murine typhus in Thailand.
2002 (publication year) -- A traveler from Hong Kong acquired endemic
typhus in China.
2003 -- A Czech tourist acquired endemic typhus in Egypt.
2003 -- A Japanese national developed endemic typhus in Viet Nam.
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Communicated by:
Dr Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[ProMED-mail again thanks Dr Berger for his continuing contributions. - Mod.LL]
[see also:
Murine typhus - Japan ex Indonesia (Bali) 20080410.1318
2007
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Murine typhus - USA (CA) 20070816.2677
2006
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Murine typhus - New Zealand (North Island) 20061004.2841
2004
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Murine typhus - USA (TX) 20040811.2220
2003
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Murine typhus, human - USA (HI) 20030702.1630
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1998
Typhus, endemic - USA (California) (02) 19980829.1727
Typhus, endemic - USA (California) 19980828.1720
Typhus, murine - Portugal (Madeira) 19980824.1681
1997
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Murine typhus - California, USA (Pasadena) 19970722.1526
Murine typhus - California, USA (Pasadena) 19970721.1517]
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