Yellow Fever Laboratory, Bahia, Brazil

Yellow Fever Laboratory, Bahia, Brazil

Contributor(s):
Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Publication:
Produced: 12 June 1934
Language(s):
No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Brazil
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Photographic prints
Abstract:
In 1934, Dr. Sawyer made another trip to Brazil to inspect yellow fever control activities, including an investigation of a puzzling outbreak of the disease in a rural region. The Yellow Fever Service was run collaboratively by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brazilian government. Among other activities, the Yellow Fever Laboratories performed mouse protection tests on blood samples (to track where the disease had been active) and examined samples of liver tissue taken from fatal yellow fever cases to confirm the diagnosis.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584931X102 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
LWBBGW
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X102
Archival Collection:
The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers (Profiles in Science)