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The History of Epidemic Typhus
Microbiology Spectrum, 2016 ABSTRACT Epidemic typhus caused by Rickettsia prowazekii is one of the oldest pestilential diseases of humankind. The disease is transmitted to human beings by the body louse Pediculus humanus corporis and is still considered a major threat by public health authorities, despite the ...
Angelakis, Emmanouil +2 more
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Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2009 Monthly distribution of epidemic typhus fever morbidity during epidemics arisen since the end of XIX up to the middle of XX century has been analyzed.
E. P. Lukin +2 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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Eradication of Typhus Exanthematicus in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2006 Typhus exanthematicus in Bosnia and Herzegovina held in endemic areas from which especially quickly began spread after 1945. That year, in 1945, one hundred epidemics of typhus fever appeared, with the highest incidence rate in Europe of 215.04 per 1 ...
Zlatko Puvačić +5 more
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Typhus Disease in the State of Azerbaijan During the Qajar Period (1796-1925) [PDF]
مجله علوم پزشکی صدراTyphus is a disease common to both humans and animals, transmitted by lice, ticks, or rats. The tick variant of this disease is more prevalent in colder regions such as Azerbaijan, where unsanitary living conditions and a local abundance of ticks may ...
Seyyed Alireza Golshani +2 more
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Examining trends in epidemic typhus using historical texts
Journal of Vector Borne DiseasesBackground & objectives: Although associated with conflict, epidemic typhus was endemic across Europe into the modem period. The extent of the problem it caused is uncertain as record keeping in the most affected socioeconomic groups was rare.
Mark David Walker
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Scrub typhus was epidemic in the western Pacific Ocean area and East Asia, scrub typhus epidemic in densely populated areas in southern China.
Jianyun Lu +4 more
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Cluster of Sylvatic Epidemic Typhus Cases Associated with Flying Squirrels, 2004–2006
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 In February 2006, a diagnosis of sylvatic epidemic typhus in a counselor at a wilderness camp in Pennsylvania prompted a retrospective investigation. From January 2004 through January 2006, 3 more cases were identified.
Alice S. Chapman +13 more
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Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus) Outbreak in Burundi
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997 We recently investigated a suspected outbreak of epidemic typhus in a jail in Burundi. We tested sera of nine patients by microimmunofluorescence for antibodies to Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia typhi. We also amplified and sequenced from lice gene
D. Raoult +6 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionScrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a neglected tropical disease. The southern part of China is considered an important epidemic and conserved area of scrub typhus.
Zixu Wang +18 more
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