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… the French army died of infectious diseases during the Great Retreat … . This provides direct evidence of infectious agents that could have contributed … prowazekii, which causes typhus, or Bartonella quintana, which leads to trench …

… (the cause of typhus) and Bartonella quintana (responsible for trench fever … methods capable of unambiguously identifying infectious agents from these weak signals … connection strengthens the theory that infectious diseases contributed to the disastrous …

… Instead, the soldiers carried bacteria that cause enteric fever and … of R. prowazekii or Bartonella quintana, the bacterium behind … uncover the history of infectious diseases that we wouldn … a single cause, multiple infectious diseases combined with hunger, …

… genetic signatures of two infectious agents: Salmonella enterica subsp … presence of these two bacteria comes after a … the trench fever agent, Bartonella quintana, pathogens long believed … capable of unambiguously identifying infectious agents from these …

… evidence for Rickettsia prowazekii, the bacteria that cause typhus, using … are ill with a systemic infection that gets into their … the typhus-causing bacteria, as well as Bartonella quintana, which causes … search for fragments of that germ’s DNA. With modern …

… result of typhus, an infectious disease that was common … and identify DNA fragments from bacterial pathogens. Instead of pathogens … detect R. prowazekii or Bartonella quintana, the cause of trench … uncover the history of infectious diseases that we wouldn…

… Researchers already believed that infectious disease played a role … caused by a typhus bacteria (Rickettsia prowazekii); dysentery, … trench fever, caused by Bartonella quintana. But the new … presence of multiple overlapping infections is highly plausible,…

… into the…diseases that infected this population’,” said Nicolás … typhus—a group of infectious diseases which commonly … the bacteria that cause typhus. They also identified Bartonella quintana, … signs of typhus-related bacteria. Additional authentication steps …

… and soldiers cite the infectious disease possibly killing more … trace DNA of typhus’ bacterial cause (Rickettsia prowazekii) further … searched for evidence of bacterial pathogens. None of the … prowazekii or trench fever (Bartonella quintana) in soldiers buried …