Epidemic typhus in the Lithuanian army from 1919 to 1923

  • Viktorija Šimkutė Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Department of Drug Technology and Social Pharmacy, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • Vilma Gudienė Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Department of Drug Technology and Social Pharmacy, Kaunas, Lithuania
Keywords: disinfection, history, 20th century, history of medicine, lithuania, military personnel, typhus, epidemic louse-borne

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Published
2022/07/13
Section
History of medicine