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Am. J. Trop. Med., s1-24(6), 1944, pp. 359-362
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Probable Role of the Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides Felis, in Transmission of Murine Typhus

J. V. Irons, S. W. Bohls, D. C. Thurman, Jr.1 AND T. McGregor2
From the State Health Department Laboratories, Austin, Texas

Typical murine typhus was obtained in male guinea pigs by inoculation of suspensions of Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea. Negative findings were obtained with a suspension of flea eggs.

At least five cases of typhus including one laboratory infection probably were acquired through the agency of cat fleas harbored by kittens carried away from a feed store.

Received May 25, 1944.
1 Now Assistant Sanitarian, U. S. P. H. S., Atlanta, Georgia.


2 Now 1st Lt., Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army.






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