Abstract
In March 2002, typhus fever was diagnosed in two patients residing in West Virginia and Georgia. Both patients were hospitalized with severe febrile illnesses, and both had been recently exposed to or had physical contact with flying squirrels or flying squirrel nests. Laboratory results indicated Rickettsia prowazekii infection.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Disease Outbreaks
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Female
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Georgia / epidemiology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Rickettsia prowazekii / isolation & purification
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Sciuridae / microbiology*
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Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / epidemiology
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Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / transmission*
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West Virginia / epidemiology
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Zoonoses / transmission*