Typhus Exanthematicus in Romania During the Second World War (1940-1945) Reflected by Romanian Medical Journals of the Time

Ionuţ Isaia Jeican; Florin Ovidiu Botiş; Dan Gheban

doi:10.15386/cjmed-404

Typhus Exanthematicus in Romania During the Second World War (1940-1945) Reflected by Romanian Medical Journals of the Time

Clujul Med. 2015;88(1):83-90. doi: 10.15386/cjmed-404. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Authors

Ionuţ Isaia Jeican¹, Florin Ovidiu Botiş², Dan Gheban³

Affiliations

¹ Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
² MA Student, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
³ Dept. of Pathology Pediatric Clinical Hospital, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Abstract

This article provides a picture of exanthematic Typhus in Romania during the Second World War: epidemiological aspects of this disease in the inner zone and in the zone of military operations, as well as information about the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of the Typhus in our country during this period.

Keywords: Second World War; Typhus.