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- Title
An Overview of Epidemic Typhus in the World and Iran during the 19th and 20th Centuries.
- Authors
Azizi, Mohammad Hossein; Bahadori, Moslem; Azizi, Farzaneh
- Abstract
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 feet that nowadays, efficient antibiotics are accessible and sanitary conditions which lead to typhus outbreaks have improved significantly.
- Subjects
IRAN; EPIDEMICS; TIME; TYPHUS fever; WORLD health; HISTORY
- Publication
Archives of Iranian Medicine (AIM), 2016, Vol 19, Issue 10, p751
- ISSN
1029-2977
- Publication type
Article