title: Environmental risk factors for epidemic typhus in the United States: wintertime is typhus time.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA. jdiaz@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Diaz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012307:Risk Factors; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology; D058248:Serum Bactericidal Antibody Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D013752:Tetracycline