The Most Fatal Distemper - Typhus in History

George Cowan, MB ChB 1963 Hon.MD 2008 BA(O

An historical account of the four types of typhus in history, each carried by a different insect, with their current status as causes of human disease, and a general introduction on the theories of the nature of infection, with added recent information on the genome of the rickettsial infecting agents and its relationship to the mitochondria in all living cells on the planet.

ISBN: 978-1-326-54104-0