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TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA BORNE

\tˈa͡ɪfəs], \tˈa‍ɪfəs], \t_ˈaɪ_f_ə_s]\

Definitions of TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA BORNE

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An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.

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