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Prevalence and Susceptibility Status of Body Louse (<i>Pediculus humanus humanus</i>) (Anoplura: Pediculidae) to Deltamethrin in Urmia City, Iran (2024). [PDF]

J Arthropod Borne Dis
Background: The body louse spreads diseases such as epidemic typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever and has shown resistance to various insecticides.
Firooziyan S, Enayati A, Rikhtegar E, Asgarian TS, Sedaghat MM.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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]

Epidemiologia (Basel)
Poland 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.
Anstead GM.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Improved Detection and Sequencing of Rickettsia spp. DNA in South African Wildlife. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Nested 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.
Cossu CA, Menandro ML, Mondin A, Dotto G, Bhoora RV, van Heerden H.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

<i>In silico</i> Design and Analysis of Engineered Proteins Containing Multi-Epitope and Immunodominant Domains Derived From <i>Rickettsia prowazekii A</i>ntigens. [PDF]

Bioinform Biol Insights
Epidemic louse-borne typhus caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by the human body louse, remains a major public health threat in many developing regions. Historical records indicate that outbreaks have resulted in up to million cases annually,
Abebe MA, Sisay DM, Fekadu A, Bika AT, Mogus AT, Tessema TS.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Rickettsiosis Infections in Sarawak: Epidemiological Insights and Public Health Strategies. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Rickettsiosis infections pose a significant public health concern in Sarawak, Malaysia. Despite their importance, these infections remain poorly recognised, under‐researched and inadequately documented within the context of the Sarawak region. This comprehensive evaluation seeks to address this knowledge gap by providing an in‐depth analysis of ...
Abang RAA, Adrus M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S-rRNA Gene. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Candidatus Riesia pediculicola and Wolbachia were found in 79.6% and 95.2% of head lice, and 81.8% and 100% of body lice. Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis and Wolbachia appeared in 41.7% and 75% of pubic lice. Maximum‐likelihood 16S‐rRNA phylogeny revealed substantial heterogeneity within symbiont populations. ABSTRACT Human lice are obligate bloodsucking
Marteau A, Brun S, Izri A, Akhoundi M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Tick-, Flea-, and Louse-Borne Diseases of Public Health and Veterinary Significance in Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Mosquito-borne diseases are common high-impact diseases in tropical and subtropical areas. However, other non-mosquito vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) may share their geographic distribution, seasonality, and clinical manifestations, thereby contributing ...
Marina Eremeeva
exaly   +3 more sources

Epidemic typhus in the Lithuanian army from 1919 to 1923 [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
nema
Šimkutė Viktorija, Gudienė Vilma
doaj   +1 more source

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, Pralica Dejan, Ivanić Ivana   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inactivation of SAM-methyltransferase is the mechanism of attenuation of a historic louse borne typhus vaccine strain. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Louse borne typhus (also called epidemic typhus) was one of man's major scourges, and epidemics of the disease can be reignited when social, economic, or political systems are disrupted.
Yan Liu, Bin Wu, George Weinstock, David H Walker, Xue-Jie Yu   +4 more
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