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Title(s): Soldier from the tropics
Author(s): United States.
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures.
Publication
Date: 		1943
Publication
Information: 		[Washington, DC] : The Office, [1943]
Language(s): English
Format: Moving image; 010 min.; Black and white; Sound
Subject(s): Insect Vectors
Malaria - prevention & control
Mosquito Control - methods
Geographic
Subject: 		United States
Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Identifier(s): See catalog record: 8700220A
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700220A
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Description: This film dramatizes transmission of malaria and shows diagnosis and control of malaria outbreaks in an unnamed American town. The story begins with a soldier home from the tropics who has been infected with malaria while on duty. He begins to feel better, so does not continue with his prescribed medication. Bitten by mosquitoes at home, which then bite others, he unwittingly helps to spread the disease. Town leaders and physicians are shown discussing and diagnosing the outbreak, and taking measures to rid the town of Anopheles.
Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the United States Public Health Service

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