:Flying squirrel typhus

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Flying squirrel typhus is a condition characterized by a rash of early macules, and, later, maculopapules.{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |pages=1130 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}

The flying squirrel Glaucomys volans can transmit epidemic typhus.{{cite journal |vauthors=Bechah Y, Capo C, Mege JL, Raoult D |title=Epidemic typhus |journal=Lancet Infect Dis |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=417–26 |date=July 2008 |pmid=18582834 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70150-6 }}

Apart from humans, flying squirrels are the only currently known reservoir for Rickettsia prowazekii.{{cite journal |vauthors=Reynolds MG, Krebs JS, Comer JA, etal |title=Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United States |journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=1341–3 |date=October 2003 |pmid=14609478 |pmc=3033063 |doi=10.3201/eid0910.030278}}