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@jmcrookston
#typhus #lice #chiggers #fleas
Typhus comes from bacteria transmitted by lice, chigger, or flea bites. Perhaps the "removal of putrefying matter by good drainage" reduced host vermin.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/epidemiology-fact-sheets/typhus/#:~:text=Typhus%20is%20not%20transmitted%20from,a%20different%20type%20of%20arthropod. -
OK, how many mistakes can you find? Screenshot is from Spartan Mosquito's Amazon page and shows the organisms repelled by its GO! spray (picaridin). #TaxonomyFail #entomology #insect #acarology #arthropod #nature #repellent #fly #Diptera #mosquitoes #ticks #chiggers #medical