The Maturation of the International Health Crisis Response: The Polish Typhus Epidemic of 1916–1923 Compared to the African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic of 2013–2016: Part I, the Polish Epidemic

Poland suffered an epidemic of louse-borne typhus from 1916–1923, with 400,000 cases and more than 130,000 deaths. The causative factors were depressed economic conditions and a refugee crisis that engulfed Poland after World War I. The recognition of the epidemic in 1919 stimulated the creation of...

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Published in:Epidemiologia
Main Author: Gregory M. Anstead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Subjects:
epidemic typhus
relapsing fever
Poland
international health
<i>Rickettsia prowazekii</i>
human body louse
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3986/5/4/51

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