Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2021)

Murine Typhus in Canary Islands, Spain, 1999–2015

  • José María Robaina-Bordón,
  • Cristina Carranza-Rodríguez,
  • Michele Hernández-Cabrera,
  • Margarita Bolaños-Rivero,
  • Elena Pisos-Álamo,
  • Nieves Jaén-Sánchez,
  • Araceli Hernández-Betancor,
  • Laura Suárez-Hormiga,
  • José Luis Pérez-Arellano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.191695
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 570 – 573

Abstract

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To document the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of murine typhus patients in the Canary Islands (Spain), we analyzed data that were retrospectively collected for 16 years for 221 patients. Murine typhus in the Canary Islands is characterized by a high rate of complications (31.6%), mainly liver, lung, kidney or central nervous system involvement.

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