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Epidemic Typhus or Gaol Fever

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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

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Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

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ARP07114_010785C

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27,8Mo (2,2Mo) / 23,2cm x 30,0cm / 2740 x 3543 (300dpi)