A 2005 investigation of an outbreak of six cases of flea - borne
typhus on one block in Pasadena found that three out of four households representing four out of six cases had indoor / outdoor cats, and reported the presence of opossums.
Not exact matches
A lice - borne
typhus epidemic swept westward from Russia in the early 20th century, and by World War II, German troops in trenches
on the Eastern Front were falling fast to the disease.
Research published
on August 7th in PLOS Pathogens comparing the two pathogens reveals how S.
Typhi avoids recognition and elimination by patrolling immune cells called neutrophils, allowing it to disseminate throughout the patient's body.
Bring back DDT, they demand, and let it be sprayed
on the inner walls of houses, where it would kill vectors of malaria and other insect - borne diseases like dengue and
typhus.
A recent study from the Thai - Myanmar border highlights the severe and previously under - reported adverse impact of readily treatable tropical rickettsial illnesses, notably scrub
typhus and murine
typhus,
on pregnancy outcomes, finding that more than one third of affected pregnancies resulted either in stillbirth or premature and / or low birth weight babies.
Importance: Studies investigating Salmonella pathogenesis typically rely
on Salmonella Typhimurium, even though Salmonella
Typhi causes the more severe disease in humans.
For this reason, public health officials in Texas, where flea - borne
typhus is endemic, have focused their efforts
on controlling fleas rather than their hosts.
Although infected fleas may hitch a ride
on feral cats, the chance of becoming infected with flea - borne
typhus via a feral cat is extremely low.
Flea - borne
typhus is another infectious disease sometimes erroneously blamed
on feral cats.
False Statement: «Science Shows Feral Cat Colonies Pose No Disease Risk to Humans — The health risks that catch and kill advocates most often blame
on cats are intestinal parasites, rabies, flea - borne
typhus, and toxoplasmosis.
A few follow - up items related to my past couple of posts: the first sheds some additional light
on the Santa Ana
typhus scare, while the second provides a little historical context to The Sacramento Bee's recent reporting
on Wildlife Services..
In Texas, where outbreaks of flea - born
typhus also occur, officials have found that fleas
on pet dogs rather than
on cats are more likely to harbor the infection.
«In an effort to combat a potential
typhus outbreak,» reports today's Los Angeles Times, «city officials zeroed in
on two schools in [a] densely packed [Santa Ana] neighborhood and set a dozen traps to catch feral cats and other animals that might carry disease - bearing fleas.»
DDT, a chemical pesticide synthesized by Müller in the late 1930s, was initially used against houseflies, beetles, various farm pests, and
typhus - carrying lice
on the bodies of World War II soldiers and civilians.
Recent assessments conducted
on the impacts of climate change
on health in Australia, highlight the potential for the onset of and increases in vector - borne, water - borne and food - borne diseases such as: malaria, dengue fever, Murray Valley encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, melioidosis, leptospirosis and scrub
typhus.