Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever, caused by the organism

Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever, caused by the organism Rickettsia prowazeki, is spread by lice. Here a peasant woman in the Spanish Pyrenees is removing lice, the vector for the disease, from her child's head as the family takes a rest on their journey. Tinted lithograph from Nouvelles Suite de Costumes des Pyrenees (Paris, circa 1840)

Caused Epidemic Fever Gaol Hygeine Lice Nouvelles Organism Pyrenees Removing Spread Suite Tinted Typhus Vector

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