Murine Typhus in Two Travelers Returning from Bali, Indonesia: an Underdiagnosed Disease

Overview

Journal J Travel Med

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Public Health

Date 2010 Oct 6

PMID 20920060

Citations 7

Authors

Nozomi Takeshita

Kazuya Imoto

Shuji Ando

Kunio Yanagisawa

Goh Ohji

Yasuyuki Kato

Akiko Sakata

Naoto Hosokawa

Toshio Kishimoto

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Abstract

Two Japanese travelers from Bali were diagnosed with murine typhus in Japan during the same period. Although one had only mild illness, the other experienced liver and kidney dysfunction. Murine typhus may be missed not only in endemic areas around the world, but also in travelers, especially those returning from marine resorts in these areas.

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