Mosquito capture squad, Sao Goncalo, Pernambuco, Brazil Mosquito capture squad, Sao Goncalo, Pernambuco, Brazil

Contributor(s): Sawyer, Wilbur A. Publication: Produced: 14 July 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 near the Bolivian border. With Dr. Fred Soper, Sawyer traveled by car to Coronel Ponce, where the most recent yellow fever cases had occurred. Unlike more typical yellow fever outbreaks, these had occurred in rural rather than urban areas, and the victims had been infected by non-Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at some distance from their dwellings. Several weeks later they investigated similar reports in the eastern state of Pernambuco, and inspected the local yellow fever operation in Sao Goncalo. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584931X119 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: LWBBHR Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X119 Archival Collection: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers (Profiles in Science)