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doi: 10.3201/eid0910.030278.
Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States
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Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States
Emerg Infect Dis.
2003 Oct.
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.
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