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Disease transferred by fleas on rodents, possums found in Galveston County
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A disease transferred from rats and opossums to humans by fleas was thought to be brought under control about 60 years ago. But a doctor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has found that the disease may be making a comeback in Galveston County.
Dr. Lucas Blanton, an infectious disease expert at UTMB, is on the trail of murine typhus ? a disease that causes those infected to suffer from fever and pain for weeks...
...After decades with little activity in Galveston County, Blanton said the disease seems to be making a comeback. Some physicians were skeptical when Blanton found what he believed was a case of murine typhus in Galveston in 2012. Since then he has diagnosed about 20 cases in Galveston County...
Disease transferred by fleas on rodents, possums found in Galveston County
possums
A disease transferred from rats and opossums to humans by fleas was thought to be brought under control about 60 years ago. But a doctor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has found that the disease may be making a comeback in Galveston County.
Dr. Lucas Blanton, an infectious disease expert at UTMB, is on the trail of murine typhus ? a disease that causes those infected to suffer from fever and pain for weeks...
...After decades with little activity in Galveston County, Blanton said the disease seems to be making a comeback. Some physicians were skeptical when Blanton found what he believed was a case of murine typhus in Galveston in 2012. Since then he has diagnosed about 20 cases in Galveston County...