| a clinico-epidemiological study of epidemic typhus in africa. | epidemic, louse-borne typhus persists in the rugged, mountainous areas of ethiopia and much of northeastern and central africa as well as in the rural highlands of central and south america, where the conditions of living favor the harboring of body lice and where antibiotic treatment and effective louse-control measures are unavailable. the historical significance and current epidemiology of typhus, including the reservoir of rickettsia prowazekii in flying squirrels in the united states, are r ... | 1992 | 1600020 |