MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Attenuated Vaccine, Carlos Finlay, Aedes Aegypti
13 Apr 2016
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2nd may: optional final exam 6-8pm (check spire for location) This is still a flag that is used today) Yellow fever in africa: sugarcane was a cash crop in haiti: slaves brought from africa to haiti to harvest the sugar, africa was colonized by france, thus yellow fever spread to french colonies: Quebec, haiti, louisiana: haiti: life span of a slave: 3 yrs. Tight living quarters on ships, many died, those who survived the voyage developed immunity to yf: thomas jefferson bought louisiana purchase for only million dollar. So cheap because of the haitian revolution. Yf in us: port cities affected: phili 1793: 5,000 died, nyc 1795: 730 died, boston/nyc/phili 1798: >5,000 died, *new orleans 1853: 7000 died: 7. 3% white, 0. 2% black, mexican american war 1846-8. Result of the war was determined by who survived disease. Benjamin rush: phili physician, father of american psychiatry, friend of lewis and clark, yellow fever: Looked for connection b/w disease and other peoples.
