• Isolation of Rickettsia typhi from human, Mexico 

      GASPAR FERNANDO PENICHE LARA; JORGE EDUARDO ZAVALA CASTRO; KARLA ROSSANET DZUL ROSADO; RAUL ARTURO TELLO MARTIN; JORGE ERNESTO ZAVALA VELAZQUEZ
      Murine typhus is a febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi. The clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and the signs and symptoms resemble those of several other febrile illnesses. Murine typhus can be a self-limiting ...
    • Murine typhus in humans, Yucatán, México 

      GASPAR FERNANDO PENICHE LARA; KARLA ROSSANET DZUL ROSADO; PEDRO GONZALEZ MARTINEZ; JORGE ERNESTO ZAVALA VELAZQUEZ; JORGE EDUARDO ZAVALA CASTRO
      Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus, a febrile illness affecting humans worldwide. In Mexico, recent studies demonstrated a 14% prevalence of antibodies against typhus group rickettsiae in healthy adult ...
    • Rickettsia typhi in rodents and R. fleas in Yucatán as a possible causal agent of undefined febrile cases 

      CARLOS ENRIQUE PEREZ OSORIO; GASPAR FERNANDO PENICHE LARA; KARLA ROSSANET DZUL ROSADO; JORGE EDUARDO ZAVALA CASTRO
      Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents. Human cases of murine typhus in the state ...