Title

Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever

Caption

Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever, caused by the organism Rickettsia prowazeki, is spread by lice. Here a peasant woman in the Spanish Pyrenees is removing lice, the vector for the disease, from her child's head as the family takes a rest on their journey. Tinted lithograph from "Nouvelles Suite de Costumes des Pyrenees" (Paris, c1840).

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Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP07114_010785C

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,8Mb (2,2Mb) / 9,1in x 11,8in / 2740 x 3543 (300dpi)