Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever
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The Evolution of Dengue
In 1779, there are descriptions of a dengue like illness in Java and Egypt. In the following year, we see it pop up in Philadelphia. This is actually when it gets its colloquial name, break bone fever,. And he was also a physician. He treated them for dengue. Two months, 1,000 people in Philadelphia. Yeah. Anyway, so 80s, ajipdye being the super cosmopolitan mosquito species really helped the distribution of d Dengue.
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