Renewed Risk for Epidemic Typhus Related to War and Massive Population Displacement, Ukraine.
Newton PN., Fournier P-E., Tappe D., Richards AL.
Epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii bacteria and transmitted through body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis), was a major public health threat in Eastern Europe as a consequence of World War II. In 2022, war and the resulting population displacement in Ukraine risks the return of this serious disease.