Specter of Epidemic Typhus [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Byron Breedlove
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Renewed Risk for Epidemic Typhus Related to War and Massive Population Displacement, Ukraine [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii bacteria and transmitted through body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis), was a major public health threat in Eastern Europe as a consequence of World War II.
Paul N. Newton +3 more
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Drought and Epidemic Typhus, Central Mexico, 1655–1918 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Epidemic typhus is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis). This disease occurs where conditions are crowded and unsanitary.
Jordan N. Burns +2 more
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Associations of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and dynamics of scrub typhus incidence in China: a nationwide time-series study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Environmental factors have been identified as significant risk factors for scrub typhus. However, the impact of inorganic compounds such as greenhouse gases and air pollutants on the incidence of scrub typhus has not been evaluated.
Haoyue Cao +3 more
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The Maturation of the International Health Crisis Response: The Polish Typhus Epidemic of 1916–1923 Compared to the African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic of 2013–2016: Part I, the Polish Epidemic [PDF]
EpidemiologiaPoland suffered an epidemic of louse-borne typhus from 1916–1923, with 400,000 cases and more than 130,000 deaths. The causative factors were depressed economic conditions and a refugee crisis that engulfed Poland after World War I.
Gregory M. Anstead
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A Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) forecasting model to predict the epidemic trends of scrub typhus in China. [PDF]
PLoS ONEScrub typhus is a deadly infectious disease that is frequently underdiagnosed. Forecasting the emergence of infectious diseases using epidemiological models has emerged as a crucial instrument for comprehending the dynamics of their occurrence.
Pei-Ying Peng +6 more
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Epidemic Typhus Imported from Algeria
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999 We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever.
M. Niang, P. Brouqui, D. Raoult
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Meteorological factors and normalized difference vegetation index drivers of scrub typhus incidence in Shandong Province based on a 16-year time-frequency analysis [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjective Scrub typhus, a natural epidemic disease that seriously impacts the health of the population, has imposed a substantial disease burden in Shandong Province.
Zhisong Ni +8 more
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Reporting of the Politika Belgrade daily newspaper on the epidemics of typhus in Serbia during the First World War [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Background/Aim. The epidemic of typhus lasted for sever-al months in the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War, and a vast number of people lost their lives. The objective of the paper was to investigate how the Politika, Belgrade daily newspaper,
Barović Vladimir +2 more
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Developing systemic solutions for typhus fever eradication in resurgent Poland between 1918 and 1924 [PDF]
Farmacja Polska, 2023 Research’s subject The research’s subject includes fundamental principles and procedures for taking preventive activities against infections. Although such a holistic solution is the domain of contemporary times, the legal solutions introduced during the
Agnieszka Polak +2 more
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