ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Murine typhus mistaken for COVID-19 in a young man.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Typhus Using Artificial Intelligence: MIS-C Versus Endemic Typhus (AI-MET).The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
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- Flea-Borne Typhus as a COVID-19 Mimic: A Report of Four Cases.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Zoonotic febrile illnesses misdiagnosed as COVID-19: a review of reported clinical cases.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Review
- Rickettsiosis in Southeast Asia: Summary for International Travellers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Manifestations and Management of Flea-Borne Rickettsioses.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2021Review
- Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi in hospitalized children diagnosed with Pediatric Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Merida, Yucatan.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
Fever is a widely recognised presenting symptom of COVID-19. Consequently, other febrile illnesses may be difficult to distinguish from COVID-19-leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment. One such illness is murine typhus, a fleaborne illness with worldwide distribution caused by
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