Drought and epidemic typhus, central Mexico, 1655-1918

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 442-447

  Burns, Jordan N ^a   Acuna Soto, Rodolfo ^b   Stahle, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEXICO; RISK FACTOR; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

DROUGHTS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 84894235665     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.131366     Document Type: Article

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