Episode 1: Epidemic Typhus & Rickettsia prowazekii

Join Jessica Stahl, an epidemiology graduate student and former CDC contractor, as she deep dives into the fascinating world of Typhus. Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448173/ https://www.montana.edu/historybug/napoleon/typhus-russia.html#:~:text=Just%20one%20month%20into%20the,followed%2C%20claiming%206%2C000%20French%20casualties.  https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/4/ac-2904_article#:~:text=Major%20typhus%20epidemics%20took%20place,%2C%20including%20typhus%2C%20was%20challenging.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/0AF993E555D30A9F8DCD864F4DDD4344/S0025727300058725a.pdf/div-class-title-typhus-and-its-control-in-russia-1870-1940-div.pdf  https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/index.html Article about the Typhus vaccine in WWII: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/lice-doctor-lviv-nazi-germany-109255/