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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2025

Organ Donor Transmission of Rickettsia typhi to Kidney Transplant Recipients, Texas, USA, 2024.

Jeffrey C Jones, Omar G García, Julian A Villalba, Rosa Hinojosa, Marissa L Taylor, Pallavi Annambhotla, Matthias H Kapturczak, Bonny Mayes, Sandor E Karpathy, Arlyn N Gleaton and 4 more

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14 authors.

Jeffrey C Jones
Omar G García
Julian A Villalba
Rosa Hinojosa
Marissa L Taylor
Pallavi Annambhotla
Matthias H Kapturczak
Bonny Mayes
Sandor E Karpathy
Arlyn N Gleaton
Linda Moon
Joseph Singleton
Sridhar V Basavaraju
Christopher D Paddock

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Abstract

Murine typhus, a fleaborne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is found throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Transmission of R. typhi to humans involves several species of fleas, and most infections result from direct inoculation of R. typhi-infected flea feces into abrasions in the skin. We describe the transmission of R. typhi from an organ donor in Texas, USA, to 2 kidney transplant recipients. The donor and 1 recipient died from the infection. The occurrence of R. typhi transmission via transplantation is a harbinger for the reemergence of murine typhus in some of the most densely populated metropolitan areas of the United States. Our findings reinforce the need to improve healthcare provider and public awareness of this life-threatening but treatable infection.

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Kidney TransplantationRickettsia typhiTissue DonorsTransplant RecipientsTyphus, Endemic Flea-BorneAdultAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTexasbacteriaflea-bornemurine typhusRickettsia typhiTexastransplantationtyphusUnited Statesvector-borne infections

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PMID41017030
PMCPMC12483113

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