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Author: Finlay, Carlos J.

Source: The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings, The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings , pp. 60-66(7)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Abstract:

This is a section of the book The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings. Edited by four eminent epidemiologists, this book consolidates, for the first time, a core of landmark articles on the evolution, scope and limitations, uses, and prospects of epidemiology. An outstanding feature of the book is the inclusion of the editors' assessments of the realm of epidemiology, where it is and where it should be going. It represents a useful tool for both students and practicing professionals and provides a much-needed frame of reference for reorienting the practice of epidemiology. The book is a collection of 91 articles, grouped in five parts. This article discusses how yellow fever is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person through the infected agent, the Culex mosquito. The article provides detailed description of the C. mosquito, conditions that favor its development, and its feeding habit and surviving environment. It also describes three conditions that are necessary for yellow fever to be propagated.

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The Mosquito Hypothetically Considered as the Agent of Transmission of Yellow Fever