Friday, March 28, 2008

Typhus Again

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Napoleon's retreat from Moscow was plagued (sorry!) by Typhus

Yet another grant deadline is looming so there will be no more posts until after next Tuesday. I'm once again confronting Rickettsial disease. This age old scourge includes the epidemic typhus group of bacteria: fascinating bugs and nasty pieces of work to boot. Have a great weekend and wish me luck, you know what I'll be doing...

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