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Workers in the Yellow Fever Laboratory at Bahia, Brazil
Workers in the Yellow Fever Laboratory at Bahia, Brazil
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. This photo shows the lab chief, Mr. Burrows, and his staff inoculating mice for mouse protection tests.
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