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.
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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.
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A 16-Year-Old Boy With ARDS and Septic Shock, an Atypical Presentation of Murine Typhus: Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]
Case Rep Crit CareMurine typhus is a flea‐borne disease caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi that occurs worldwide, but predominantly in endemic areas. The clinical presentation of typhus is often nonspecific, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment. The severity of the disease varies widely.
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Non-linear effects and lag patterns of eco-environmental factors on scrub typhus: a spatiotemporal analysis in Yunnan, China, 2015–2022 [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Yunnan Province is characterized by a high incidence of scrub typhus and complex ecological environments, where epidemic patterns are shaped by the dual influence of the plateau monsoon system and geomorphological evolution.
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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.
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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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Specter of Epidemic Typhus [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Byron Breedlove
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Improved Detection and Sequencing of Rickettsia spp. DNA in South African Wildlife. [PDF]
Vet Med SciNested gltA PCR detected Rickettsia spp. DNA in 44% of South African wildlife samples previously negative by RLB, revealing spotted fever, typhus and transitional group lineages, novel host records, co‐infection and multi‐organ dissemination in impala, highlighting complex wildlife involvement and zoonotic risk within a One Health framework.
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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.
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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,
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