Yellow fever in colombia: a seminal investigation

The findings of Finlay in Cuba and Franco in Colombia, which enabled, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the identification of the cycles of urban and sylvatic yellow fever, respectively, illustrate the importance which a careful made observation about an indigenous problem can have as a sta...

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Autores:
Corredor Arjona, Augusto
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
1999
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/32277
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/32277
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/22357/
Palabra clave:
fiebre amarilla
fiebre amarilla selvática
Finlay
Franco
Aedes aegypti
historia
yellow fever
sylvatic yellow
history
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The findings of Finlay in Cuba and Franco in Colombia, which enabled, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the identification of the cycles of urban and sylvatic yellow fever, respectively, illustrate the importance which a careful made observation about an indigenous problem can have as a starting point for new ideas and scientific developments.