As quoted by Steve in ProMED:

Travel-related episodes of endemic typhus are relatively uncommon.
The following chronology is abstracted from GIDEON

1997 (publication year) - Three Norwegian tourists acquired endemic typhus - in Guinea-Bissau, Crete and Thailand
1998 (publication year) - Three European travelers acquired endemic typhus in Indonesia.
1998 - Two Norwegians acquired endemic typhus - in China and Crete.
1999 - A Norwegian acquired endemic typhus in Malta
2001 (publication year) - A German tourist acquired murine typhus in Thailand.
2002 (publication year) - A traveler from Hong Kong acquired endemic typhus in China.
2003 - A Czech tourist acquired endemic typhus in Egypt.
2003 - A Japanese national developed endemic typhus in Vietnam.
2008 - Two Japanese nationals acquired endemic typhus overseas - one in Indonesia.

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