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History of Yellow Fever


Diagnosing and Treating Yellow Fever in Phila, 1793

Few disease outbreaks in the history of early America proved as tragic as the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of summer, 1793, and fewer still have ...

A lesson from history: How the yellow fever epidemic changed society

New Orleans in the early 19th century was a hub of the cotton, sugar and slave trades, yet it was constantly besieged by yellow fever. Outbreaks ...

History of Yellow Fever. - JAMA Network

In this book of nearly 1200 pages, the author, who is not a physician, has compiled an immense mass of historical notes and data on yellow fever. In.

Facts about yellow fever

The vector Aedes aegypti was once endemic in Europe, and responsible for large epidemics of YF and dengue. The reason for its disappearance ...

The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793

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A century of the US Army yellow fever research - The Lancet

Yellow fever originated in Africa and in the 1500s travelled with the slave trade to the Americas. Epidemics soon became common in coastal communities of South ...

Where Did Yellow Fever Originate? - Passport Health

Scientists estimate that yellow fever originated in Africa around 3,000 B.C. It started with a smaller impact in local villages, growing in ...

Rooted in History: 1891 UMSOM Alum at Center of Pivotal Yellow ...

This paper became heavily cited on yellow fever and concluded that it was “indigenous, propagated by the atmosphere and non-contagious, merely a variety or ...

Yellow Fever Virus - CDC

Yellow fever virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes. Learn about areas at risk, the illness it causes, and ways to prevent becoming infected, including ...

How Yellow Fever Once Affected The Mail | National Postal Museum

In 1878, the outbreak of yellow fever in the South was so severe that the mail was quarantined throughout the entire southern quarter of the country.

Yellow fever - World Health Organization (WHO)

Yellow fever is a viral disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquitoes. It is prone to epidemics and is preventable with a vaccine.

Yellow Fever in Galveston, Texas - "Those Remaining Died on the ...

In 1867, the yellow fever hit Galveston with unexpected force. Still recovering from their Civil War losses, the island was unprepared to cope with the viral ...

What Is Yellow Fever? Disease and Causation in Environmental ...

Yellow fever emerged as a disease of historical import under conditions of early modern Atlantic World commerce and migration, and it relied on specific port- ...

In the late 1800s, devastating yellow fever epidemics forced New ...

In 1878 the community was shocked out of its lethargy when a devastating yellow fever epidemic originated in New Orleans and spread as far as ...

Short history of the yellow fever, that broke out in the city of ...

The yellow fever again made its appearance in Philadelphia. It conti|nued to extend through various parts of the City and Liber|ties, for about three months.

History of Mosquitoes as a Disease Vector: The Story of Yellow Fever

In 1881, Cuban physician Dr. Carlos Finlay hypothesized that yellow fever virus was spread by an intermediary host and proposed mosquitoes as ...

Yellow Fever - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

In 1878 and 1879, Southern cities such as Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, were devastated by epidemics of yellow fever.

Yellow Fever: How Memphis Survived

According to TN Encyclopedia, the 1873 Yellow Epidemic claimed 2,000 Memphians, garnering national attention, but conditions in 1878 allowed for a massive ...

Yellow fever - La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Yellow fever has caused deadly epidemics throughout history. Yellow fever was a dreaded disease in the United States through the 1700s and 1800s, most ...

Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793 - EyeWitness to History

Samuel Breck was a Philadelphia merchant newly arrived to the city: · "I had scarcely become settled in Philadelphia when in July, 1793, the yellow fever broke ...