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Epidemiology
Researchers are challenged in knowing the prevalence of Rat-Bite Fever (RBF). One factor that limits the known number of cases of RBF is that the CDC does not require RBF to be a reportable disease. Rat-Bite Fever is classified as a notifiable disease, this means RBF is required to be reported at the state level but the state is not mandated to provide the information at the federal level to the CDC. Another reason that limits the identification of Rat-Bite Fever is that there are two forms of the disease, Streptobacillus moniliformis and ''Spirillum minus. Spirillum minus is more commonly found in Asia, while Streptobacillus moniliformis'' is found more often in the Americas. RBF is a vector-borne disease, given this information Rat-Bite Fever is transferred from rats (the vectors) through either a bite or scratch to humans though physical contact. There are cases that closely resemble the symptoms of RBF but the exposure is from infected milk. The disease is called Haverhill fever and is spread through people drinking milk that is contaminated by diseased rats. Over the past several centuries there have been over one hundred cases of Rat-Bite Fever identified. Symptoms of RBF include sudden high temperature fevers, vomiting, headaches, painful joints, and a rash that develops 2-4 days after onset manifestation of the disease.

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