TY - JOUR AU - Newton, Paul AU - Fournier, Pierre-Edouard AU - Tappe, Dennis AU - Richards, Allen T1 - Renewed Risk for Epidemic Typhus Related to War and Massive Population Displacement, Ukraine T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 10 SP - 2125 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - typhus KW - Rickettsia prowazekii KW - Pediculus humanus KW - epidemic typhus KW - Ukraine KW - Russia KW - war KW - bacteria KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2810.220776 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/10/22-0776_article ER - End of Reference