Endnote 1 – Strata: Classical Corner: Pandemics in Perspective
Exactly which disease caused the Athenian plague is unknown, but Robert Littman suggests typhus as the most likely cause. See Robert J. Littman, “The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and Paleopathology,” Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 76.5 (2009), pp. 456–467.