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Yellow fever in Swansea, 1865

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

P. D. Meers
P. D. Meers
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory Service Headquarters, Colindale, London NW9 5DF
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A cargo of copper ore from Cuba was discharged at Swansea in mid-September 1865, during a spell of exceptionally hot weather. A small number of mosquitoes infected with the yellow fever virus, disembarking at the same time, established an epidemic of yellow fever in the town. In the next 25 days, at least 27 inhabitants were infected and 15 of them died. The quality of contemporary observation and recording has encouraged a re-examination of the events in the light of knowledge unavailable at the time. It cannot be assumed that the episode will not be repeated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , August 1986 , pp. 185 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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