Recuerdo histórico y comentario sobre "la epidemia tifoidea de la isla de Huar: Provincia de Llanquihue"
2010; SciELO; Volume: 27; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4067/s0716-10182010000700013
ISSN0717-6341
Autores Tópico(s)Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America
ResumoAn article by Dr. Carlos Martin in the first published number of the Revista Médica de Chile (1872-73) journal is remembered and commented. It describes an outbreak in Huar Island in Seno de Reloncavi, an estuary located in the Los Lagos Region in Chile, named "typhoid epidemic". The clinical characteristics are presented and two types of diseases are deducted: acute respiratory infections and typhoid fever.
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