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History of Yellow Fever in the U.S.


History of Yellow Fever in the U.S. - American Society for Microbiology

The yellow fever virus most likely originated in Africa and arrived in the Western Hemisphere in the 1600s as a result of slave trade. The ...

Major American Epidemics of Yellow Fever (1793-1905) - PBS

Yellow fever appeared in the US in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the ...

Yellow fever epidemics and mortality in the United States, 1693-1905

Yellow fever epidemics struck the United States repeatedly in the 18th and 19th centuries. The disease was not indigenous; epidemics were imported by ship from ...

Historical Guide to Yellow Fever | American Experience - PBS

Yellow fever was a constant blight for eastern American cities — especially southeastern cities — in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most outbreaks occurred in the ...

History of yellow fever - Wikipedia

History of yellow fever ... The evolutionary origins of yellow fever are most likely African. ... Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the virus originated from East ...

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 | DPLA

The outbreak originated in New Orleans and spread up the Mississippi River and inland. The yellow fever epidemic impacted nearly all aspects of life in affected ...

The Devastating History of Yellow Fever in the U.S. - YouTube

The emergence of yellow fever in the United States brought death and panic, but also initiated a cascade of research and discovery.

Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton's America | NLM

Yellow fever ravaged Philadelphia in 1793. The deadly disease touched nearly everyone in the city: young and old, white and African American, wealthy and poor, ...

Yellow fever epidemics and mortality in the United States, 1693–1905

Yellow fever epidemics struck the United States repeatedly in the 18th and 19th centuries. The disease was not indogenous; epidemics were imported by ship ...

Yellow Fever | History of Vaccines

The first confirmed outbreaks of yellow fever in the American colonies occurred in Charleston, Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1699. A Quaker ...

Yellow fever, the returning epidemic - PAHO/WHO

The disease is endemic in territories and regions of 13 countries in Central and South America, causing outbreaks and deaths.

New York City (NYC) Yellow Fever Epidemic - NYCdata | Disasters

During this time, very little was known about the origins of yellow fever. ... Physicians speculated that it was born out of unsanitary condition in slums, or ...

Yellow Fever Timeline: The History Of A Long Misunderstood Disease

The first recorded epidemic of yellow fever was in the Yucatan Peninsula in 1648, probably part of a larger epidemic involving a number of ...

Reports on the yellow fever epidemic, 1793

Between August 1 and November 9, 1793, approximately 11,000 people contracted yellow fever in the US capital of Philadelphia. Of that number, 5,000 people, ...

Yellow fever - Wikipedia

Nearly a billion people live in an area of the world where the disease is common. ... It is common in tropical areas of the continents of South America and Africa ...

Yellow Fever: Practice Essentials, Background, Etiology

From 1793-1822, yellow fever was one of the most dreaded diseases in US port cities. Yellow fever outbreaks in the United States shaped American ...

The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic: The Washingtons, Hamilton and ...

The yellow fever epidemics that struck American cities soon after the birth of the nation left a powerful mark in the historical record, ...

When the Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793 Sent the Wealthy Fleeing ...

Some thought it had been brought to Philadelphia by a ship bearing French refugees from a slave rebellion in Santo Domingo (now Haiti). Others— ...

Yellow fever - World Health Organization (WHO)

Yellow fever is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes that bite mostly during the day. · As of 2023, 34 countries in Africa and 13 ...

Yellow Fever: 100 Years of Discovery | Global Health - JAMA Network

Yellow fever virus originated in Africa and was brought to the western hemisphere during the slave trade era, with the first epidemic reported ...