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单词 murine typhus
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murine typhusn.

Brit. /ˌmjʊərʌɪn ˈtʌɪfəs/, /ˌmjɔːrʌɪn ˈtʌɪfəs/, /ˌmjʊərɪn ˈtʌɪfəs/, /ˌmjɔːrɪn ˈtʌɪfəs/, U.S. /ˌmjʊˌrin ˈtaɪfəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: murine adj., typhus n.
Etymology: < murine adj. + typhus n., after French typhus murin (C. Nicolle et al. 1932, in Comptes Rendus de l'Acad. des Sci. 194 1706).
A relatively mild, usually flea-borne form of typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi, of which rats are the major natural reservoir (also called endemic typhus). Also (occasionally): infection of a rat or other mammal by R. typhi.
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1933 Biol. Abstr. 7 395/1 The name ‘historic typhus’ is proposed for the African (Old-World) form, and ‘murine’ typhus for the other 2.
1947 J. C. Snyder in F. H. Top et al. Communicable Diseases (ed. 2) lix. 879 Unlike the human body louse,..the rat flea is unharmed by the multiplication of murine typhus rickettsiae in its tissues.
1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 74/3 Murine typhus, which occurs in many parts of the world including the U.S., is comparatively mild but closely related to epidemic typhus; an attack by one confers immunity after recovery against both.
1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xix. 51/2 Murine typhus is not lethal to rats and hence is not accompanied by deviation of rat fleas to man on the scale found in murine bubonic plague.
1998 Jrnl. Vector Ecol. 23 1 Fleas were responsible for a recent outbreak of murine typhus..in Western Australia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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