Serologic evidence for Rickettsia typhi and an Ehrlichial agent in Norway rats from Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-247

  Reeves, Will K ^a   Easterbrook, Judith D ^b   Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Murine typhus; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus; Rickettsia typhi; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEROPREVALENCE; TYPHUS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BALTIMORE; CROSS REACTIONS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; RATS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RISK FACTORS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS; MURINAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 33751253101     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.244     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Azad, AF, Radulovic, S. Pathogenic rickettsiae as bioterrorism agents. Ann NY Acad Sci 2003; 990:734-738.
2. Comer, JA, Tzianabos, T, Flynn C, et al. Serologic evidence of rickettsialpox (Rickettsia akari) infection among intravenous drug users in inner-city Baltimore, Maryland. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 60:894-898.
3. Easterbrook, JD, Shields, T, Klein, SL, et al. Norway rat population in Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis 2005; 5:296-299.
4. Glass, GE, Watson, AJ, LeDuc, JW, et al. Domestic cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the United States. Nephron 1994; 68:48-51.
5. Mellin, H, MacGibbon, JB, Levitt, LP, et al. Murine typhus: recent United States surveillance and report of an unusual case. MD St Med J 1970; 19:56-58.
6. Mohr, CO, Good, NE, Schubert, JH. Status of murine typhus infection in domestic rats in the United States, 1952, and relation to infestation by oriental rat fleas. Am J Public Health 1953; 43:1514-1522.
7. Mohr, CO, Smith, WW. Eradication of murine typhus fever in a rural area. Bull World Health Org 1957; 16:255-266.
8. Nicholson, WL, Kuhar, DJ, Humphreys, JG, et al. Serologic evidence for a novel Ehrlichia species in woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USA. Ann NY Acad Sci 2003; 990:90-93.
9. Ormsbee, R, Peacock, M, Philip, R, et al. Antigenic relationships between the typhus and spotted fever groups of rickettsiae. Am J Epidemiol 1978; 108:53-59.
10. Psaroulaki, A, Antoniou, M, Papaeustathiou, A, et al. Short report: first detection of Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas parasitizing rats in Cyprus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 74:120-122.
11. Reeves, WK, Nelder, MP, Korecki, JA. Bartonella and Rickettsia in fleas and lice from mammals in South Carolina, USA. J Vector Ecol 2005; 30:310-315.
12. Traub, R, Wisseman, CL, Farhang-Azad, A. The ecology of murine typhus - a critical review. Trop Dis Bull 1978; 75:237-317.
13. Unver, A, Felek, S, Paddock, CD, et al. Western blot analysis of sera reactive to human monocytic ehrlichiosis and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agents. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:3982-3986.
14. Williams, SG, Sacci, JB, Jr., Schriefer, ME, et al. Typhus and typhuslike (sic.) rickettsiae associated with opossums and their fleas in Los Angeles County, California. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:1758-1762.
15. Zavala-Velazquez, JE, Ruis-Sosa, J, Vado-Solis, I, et al. Serologic study of the prevalence of Rickettsiosis in Yucatan: evidence for a prevalent spotted fever group rickettsiosis. Am Trop Med Hyg 1999; 61:405-408.