The Background of Epidemic Typhus
Rickettsia prowazekii continues to victimize hundreds of thousands of people who live with war, famine, and crowding. Papers prove that devastation from typhus has been a regular part of human life for extensive periods of time. In the U.S. between 1837 and 1873, outbreaks were recorded in Philadelphia, Concord, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Henrique da Rocha Lima, discovered the cause of epidemic typhus in 1916 while doing research n Germany. 3 million deaths occurred.Delousing stations were set up to reduce typhus infection.Even though there was a vaccine by WW2 concentration camps during the Holocaust were ridden with infection still.