TY - JOUR AU - Robaina-Bordón, José María AU - Carranza-Rodríguez, Cristina AU - Hernández-Cabrera, Michele AU - Bolaños-Rivero, Margarita AU - Pisos-Álamo, Elena AU - Jaén-Sánchez, Nieves AU - Hernández-Betancor, Araceli AU - Suárez-Hormiga, Laura AU - Pérez-Arellano, José Luis T1 - Murine Typhus in Canary Islands, Spain, 1999–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 570 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - murine typhus KW - Rickettsia typhi KW - rickettsia KW - bacteria KW - endemic fleaborne typhus KW - infections KW - fever KW - neglected diseases KW - reemerging communicable diseases KW - zoonoses KW - Canary Islands KW - Spain DO - 10.3201/eid2702.191695 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/19-1695_article ER - End of Reference