The Relationship of Yellow Fever of the Western Hemisphere to that of Africa and to Leptospiral Jaundice

The Relationship of Yellow Fever of the Western Hemisphere to that of Africa and to Leptospiral Jaundice

Contributor(s):
Frobisher, Martin, 1896-1984
Lloyd, Wray
Kitchen, S. F.
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Publication:
Rockefeller University. Press, 1929
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Yellow fever virus
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
The microorganism that causes yellow fever was not definitively identified until several decades after the disease was linked to a mosquito vector. By the late 1920s, it seemed likely that more than one disease had been investigated as "yellow fever," including that caused by a leptospira bacteria. In this article, Sawyer and his colleagues described their experiments proving that the yellow fever then present in South America and West Africa, as well as earlier western hemisphere yellow fever episodes, were the same disease; and that cases of jaundice caused by leptospira were a different disease, though sometimes diagnosed as yellow fever.
Copyright:
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Extent:
25 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584931X10 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
LWBBBM
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X10
Archival Collection:
The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers (Profiles in Science)