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Report on Experiments Undertaken to Discover whether the Common Domesticated Animals of Terceira Island are Affected by Plague

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Antonio De Souza Junior ,
Jacintho Arruda  and
Manuel Pinto
Antonio De Souza Junior
Affiliation:
Professor of Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto, and Director of Laboratorio de Bacteriologia
Jacintho Arruda
Affiliation:
Director of Laboratorio Bacteriologico of Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Azores
Manuel Pinto
Affiliation:
Director of Laboratorio “Nobre” of Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto.
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We have recently had the opportunity of studying a plague epidemic that broke out on Terceira Island, Azores, in 1908. Terceira Island contains a population of 45,000 souls, the epidemic spread over 27 parishes. About 260 persons were attacked, with a mortality of about 48%.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , August 1910 , pp. 196 - 208
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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