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Evidence for Louse‐Transmitted Diseases in Soldiers of Napoleon’s Grand Army in Vilnius
5 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many soldiers in Napoleon's Grand Army died of infectious diseases during its retreat from Russia. Because soldiers were commonly infested with body lice, it has been speculated that louse-borne infectious diseases, such as epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), were common. METHODS: We investigated this possibility during recent excavations of a mass grave of Napoleon's soldiers in...
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