Howard Ricketts (dec 30, 1909 – dec 30, 1924)
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* found typhus locatedin the blood of the victim and in the bodies of the lice. Ricketts showed that the disease could be transmitted to monkeys
* went to Northwestern university
* (interesting fact) died of this disease
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History of microbiology- 7340 Alexis Vasquez
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