An Overview of Epidemic Typhus in the World and Iran during the 19th and 20th Centuries.
@article{Azizi2016AnOO, title={An Overview of Epidemic Typhus in the World and Iran during the 19th and 20th Centuries.}, author={M. Azizi and M. Bahadori and F. Azizi}, journal={Archives of Iranian medicine}, year={2016}, volume={19 10}, pages={ 747-750 } }
The present article provides a concise historical review on classical epidemic typhus (exanthemata typhus) in the world as well its outbreaks in Iran mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries. Typhus is still a potential public health threat under certain conditions, despite the fact that nowadays, efficient antibiotics are accessible and sanitary conditions which lead to typhus outbreaks have improved significantly.
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