Rat Bite Fever
- Organism name, and synonyms: Streptobacillus moniliformis, a Gram-negative bacteria. Synonyms: Rat-bite fever, Haverhill fever.
- Reservoir: Rats. Commensal in the mouth and pharynx.
- Mode of Transmission: Animal bite, direct contact with secretions of the mouth, nose, eye of an infected animal.
- Incubation Period: 3-10 days.
- Clinical Disease: Initial bite wound usually heals. Sudden onset of fever, chills, vomiting, headache and joint pains, rash.
- Epidemiology: Uncommon in North America.
- Communicability: Not directly transmitted from person to person.
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