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There are few diseases that have had a more profound effect on the history of mankind than epidemic typhus fever. This louse-borne rickettsial disease has practically world-wide distribution, but has been more prevalent in Europe and Asia than elsewhere. Its prevalence is not restricted to war conditions, but it thrives best in such an environment and has probably destroyed more armies than all of the lethal devices created by man.
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Hayes, W.J., Simmons, S.W., Knipling, E.F. (1959). Louse-Borne Diseases. In: Müller, P., Simmons, S.W. (eds) DDT: The Insecticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and Its Significance / Das Insektizid Dichlordiphenyltrichloräthan und Seine Bedeutung. Chemische Reihe, vol 10 . Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6809-9_16
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