TY - JOUR AU - Zavala-Castro, Jorge E. AU - Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E. AU - Uicab, Justo Eduardo Sulú T1 - Murine Typhus in Child, Yucatan, Mexico T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 972 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A case of murine typhus in Yucatan was diagnosed in a child with nonspecific signs and symptoms. The finding of Rickettsia typhi increases the number of Rickettsia species identified in Yucatan and shows that studies are needed to determine the prevalence and incidence of rickettsioses in Mexico. KW - Rickettsia KW - Rickettsia typhi KW - human cases KW - diagnosis KW - murine typhus KW - Mexico KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1506.081367 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/08-1367_article ER - End of Reference