In 1492 Typhus was a new disease and it wasn’t known until just before World War I. The origin of it is unknown, however, it is believed that it went to Western Europe from the Levant (a large area in the eastern Mediterranean). Typhus killed Anne Frank and her sister Margot in 1945. It affected the men fighting in war, poor families, even rich families too. Though, people fighting wars and poor families were twenty …show more content…
In Minnesota, any signs of Typhus have to be reported to MDH within one working day. To report the disease, someone could call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414, or fill out and mail a Tickborne Disease Case Form. Various people are required to report Typhus as well, such as; physicians, nurses, teachers, people in charge of camps or schools, and any healthcare workers. In New York State, any communicable diseases such as Typhus have to be reported. Physicians, lab directors, infection control practitioners, health care facilities, state institutions and schools. Any reports need to be sent to the local health department where the patient lives. It is required that the person reporting Typhus use the DOH-389 form. If found in Florida everything is basically the same as New York State and Minnesota, and you can report upon suspicion or lab …show more content…
it was found that Typhus might be the first disease that contributed to the Plague of 430 B.C. An Athenian historian and general Thucydides, described a Typhus like disease that caused severe damage to the Greek people and Athenian navy and contributed to the downfall of the Athens. Satanism and Witchcraft stated basically that Europe had itself to blame for getting Typhus, not Asia due to the lack of cleanliness. To be unsanitary was encouraged in some churches, which is likely to host Typhus. In The Historical Impact of Epidemic Typhus it says, “Constant warfare, lack of any sanitation whatsoever, social values ~ all contributed to the role played by louse-borne Typhus in that period of history and its contemporary ramifications.” During the fifteenth century was the earliest record of Typhus in history. It caused great damage to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella, while they were trying to drive out the Moors from Spain. Typhus struck the surrounding army of the Spanish, thus killing 17,000 out of the original 25,000 soldiers. Parts of the Spanish army left and they then spread the disease to other parts of Europe. In the sixteenth century, Typhus finally made its way into the European continent. With no medical advancements the medieval persons turned to spiritual and metaphysical sources to cure Typhus. When people started to realize how many people were dying from the disease, they paid more attention to it. In the seventeenth century the Thirty Years War