ENDEMIC TYPHUS FEVER IN HAWAII
Authors: S. E. Doolittle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 May 1941ENDEMIC TYPHUS FEVER IN HAWAIIS. E. DOOLITTLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.S. E. DOOLITTLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-11-2091 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONA very interesting chapter has been added recently to our knowledge of a world-wide communicable disease, typhus fever. The investigations conducted in the southeastern United States, by members of the United States Public Health Service and by others, have proved that the form of typhus prevalent in this country is a disease separate and distinct from Old World or epidemic typhus. Reports from various parts of the United States and from other countries show large and apparently increasing incidence of the milder endemic form of typhus fever. This, of course, may be merely due to greater awareness on the...Bibliography1. BRILL NE: An acute infectious disease of unknown origin, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1910, cxxxix, 484-502. Google Scholar2. MAXCY KF: An epidemiological study of endemic typhus (Brill's disease) in southeastern United States, Pub. Health Rep., 1926, xli, 2967-2995. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MAXCY KF: Distribution of endemic typhus ( Brill's disease) in the United States, Ibid., 1928, xliii, 3084-3095. Google Scholar4. DYERCEDERLILLIERUMREICHBADGER REETRLALF: Experimental transmission of typhus fever in the United States by the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), Pub. Health Rep., 1931, xlvi, 2415-2416; 1931, Ibid., 2481-2499. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DYERCEDERWORKMANRUMREICHBADGER REETWRALF: Transmission of endemic typhus by rubbing either crushed infected fleas or infected flea feces into wounds, Ibid., 1932, xlvii, 131-133. Google Scholar6. DYERCEDERWORKMANRUMREICHBADGER REETWRALF: Experimental transmission of endemic typhus fever in the United States by the rat flea (Ceratophyllus fasciatus), Ibid., 1932, xlvii, 931-932. Google Scholar7. DYERCEDERWORKMANRUMREICHBADGER REETWRALF: The multiplications of the virus of endemic typhus in the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), Ibid., 1932, xlvii, 987-994. Google Scholar8. DYER RE: Endemic typhus fever-susceptibility of woodchucks, house mice, meadow mice, and white-footed mice, Ibid., 1934, xlix, 723-724. Google Scholar9. BRIGHAM GD: A strain of endemic typhus fever isolated from a field mouse, Ibid., 1937, lii, 659-660. Susceptibility of animals to endemic typhus fever, Ibid., 1937, lii, 660-661. Google Scholar10. BRIGHAMDYER GDRE: Endemic typhus fever in native rodents, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 180-183. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. ZINSSERBAYNE-JONES HS: A textbook of bacteriology, Sect. IV, The Rickettsia Diseases, Seventh Edition, 1934, Appleton, New York. Google Scholar12. Epidemiological Report of the Health Section of the Secretariat, League of Nations, Typhus Fever, January-March, 1936, R. E. 181: 1-16 and July-September, 1936, R. E. 183: 99-160. Google Scholar13. BADGERDYERRUMREICH LFREA: An infection of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever type in the Eastern Part of the United States, Pub. Health Rep., 1931, xlvi, 463-470. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. RUMREICHDYERBADGER ARELF: The typhus-Rocky Mountain spotted fever group—an epidemiological and clinical study in Eastern and Southeastern States, Ibid., 1931, xlvi, 470-480. Google Scholar15. DYERRUMREICHBADGER REALF: The typhus-Rocky Mountain spotted fever group in the United States, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 589-593. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. BAKERMCALPINEGILL JUJGDG: Endemic typhus fever, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1934, xxiv, 1068-1072. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. FENNEL EA: Endemic typhus fever in Hawaii, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1135-1136. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. MAXCY KF: Clinical observations on endemic typhus (Brill's disease), Pub. Health Rep., 1926, xli, 1213-1220. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. BLATTEIS SR: Endemic typhus fever (Brill's disease); a report of 138 cases, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1928, xi, 1099-1108. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Honolulu, T. H.*Received for publication Aug. 9, 1939.From The Clinic, Honolulu, T. H. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHistory, Rats, Fleas, and Opossums. II. The Decline and Resurgence of Flea-Borne Typhus in the United States, 1945–2019Territory of Hawaii 1 May 1941Volume 14, Issue 11Page: 2091-2114KeywordsChartsEpidemiologyFeversMedical servicesSurgeonsTyphus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...