Yellow fever, Asia and the East African slave trade

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 252-257

  Cathey, John T ^a   Marr, John S ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Americas; Arbovirus; Asia; Flavivirus; Slave trade; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SLAVE TRADE; SLAVERY; YELLOW FEVER; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AEDES; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SHIP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; SHIPS; SLAVERY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84898824023     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru043     Document Type: Review

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