On the 100th anniversary of discovery of epidemic typhus Causative agent – Rickettsia prowazekii (H. Da Rocha Lima, 1916). Whether typhus will return to Russia and Europe?

On the 100th anniversary of discovery of epidemic typhus Causative agent – Rickettsia prowazekii (H. Da Rocha Lima, 1916). Whether typhus will return to Russia and Europe?

The aim: to confirm the optimal forecast of typhus elimination.The research method: searching and analytical.Results: characteristics of rickettsiosis prowazekii in Russia and neighboring countries after the second world war are presented. The incidence has stopped, the immune population in Russia a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: E. P. Lukin
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Journal Infectology 2015-11-01
Series:Журнал инфектологии
Subjects:
rickettsiosis prowazekii
epidemic and sporadic (brill disease) typhus
morbidity
recurrency coefficient
prognosis.
Online Access:https://journal.niidi.ru/jofin/article/view/416

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