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epidemicOutbreak of infectious disease affecting large numbers of people at the same time. A widespread epidemic that sweeps across many countries (such as the Black Death in the late Middle Ages) is known as a pandemic. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Indirect immunofluorescence tests for etiologic agents of spotted fever, murine typhus, and epidemic typhus were then performed with serum samples collected on days 10, 14, and 24. Muller had discovered the insecticidal properties of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichlorethane), which proved invaluable in fighting epidemic typhus (a disease transmitted by lice) during World War II. In the winter of 1623, the great English poet and preacher John Donne was stricken with epidemic typhus. |
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