The epidemic that never was: yellow fever in Hawaii.

dc.contributor.authorMorris, A D
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T15:54:10Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T15:54:10Z
dc.date.issued1995-11
dc.description.abstractThe Kingdom of Hawaii suffered a disastrous series of epidemics starting from the first contact with Captain Cook's crew and continuing to the present. Despite the huge volume of shipping to and through Hawaii, one plague failed to appear. Yellow Jack (yellow fever) engendered more fear in sailors of the 19th century than any other disease. By 1910 the details of transmission were well-known and Hawaii met all the requirements for an epidemic. On October 30, 1910, the first case of shipboard yellow fever arrived at Honolulu but quarantine averted the threat. On October 28, 1911, a Hawaiian man, employed as a quarantine guard, was reported to have yellow fever and efforts were initiated to control a possible epidemic. This was the only occurrence of yellow fever in Hawaii.
dc.identifier.issn0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed8586549
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/62397
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.meshCommunicable Disease Control/history
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaks/history/prevention & control
dc.subject.meshHawaii/epidemiology
dc.subject.meshHistory, 19th Century
dc.subject.meshHistory, 20th Century
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshYellow Fever/epidemiology/history
dc.titleThe epidemic that never was: yellow fever in Hawaii.
dc.typeHistorical Article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number11
prism.pagerange781-4
prism.publicationnameHawaii medical journal
prism.volume54

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