THE ‘SPREAD” OF JUNGLE YELLOW FEVER

The saga of yellow fever has been recounted by several science historians. It is a chronicle of errors, fight for recognition, historical mis-interpretations, and human experiments that would be unacceptable today. But it is also a record of forecasts that would be later confirmedby sound field work...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Dias de Avila-Pires, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista de patologia tropical (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/52274
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/52274
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Yellow fever
geographical distribution
epizootiology
epidemics.
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Sumario:The saga of yellow fever has been recounted by several science historians. It is a chronicle of errors, fight for recognition, historical mis-interpretations, and human experiments that would be unacceptable today. But it is also a record of forecasts that would be later confirmedby sound field work and through laboratory and clinical research. It is also an example of the contribution of local native lore to sound scientific discoveries. In this paper we try to demonstrate how we are advancing towards the natural foci of the jungle cycles of a zoonosis, not the reverse.