Eradication of typhus exanthematicus in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2006 Feb;6(1):71-4. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2006.3215.

Abstract

Typhus exanthematicus in Bosnia and Herzegovina held in endemic areas from which especially quickly began spread after 1945. That year, in 1945, one hundred epidemics of typhus fever appeared, with the highest incidence rate in Europe of 215.04 per 1,000. Directions of unique program in the world were to eradicate lice of the body, but also establish monitoring of the recidivism, Brill-Zinsser disease. Since 1971, typhus exanthematicus (classical typhus) hasn't appeared in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so epidemic typhus can considered as an eradicated communicable disease.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina / epidemiology
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / microbiology
  • Phthiraptera / microbiology
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / epidemiology
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / history
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / prevention & control*
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / transmission