Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 19 10 2016 10 01 An Overview of Epidemic Typhus in the World and Iran during the 19th and 20th Centuries 0 0 EN Mohammad Hossein Azizi Moslem Bahadori Farzaneh Azizi Journal Article The present article provides a concise historical review on classical epidemic typhus (exanthemata typhus) in the world as well its outbreaks in Iran mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries. Typhus is still a potential public health threat under certain conditions, despite the fact that nowadays, efficient antibiotics are accessible and sanitary conditions which lead to typhus outbreaks have improved significantly.