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Also Known As Howard Taylor Ricketts
Born February 9, 1871 • Findlay • Ohio
Died May 3, 1910 (aged 39) • Mexico City • Mexico
Subjects Of Study human louse • tick • Rocky Mountain spotted fever • carrier • epidemic typhus • rickettsia
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