Quarantine as a public health measure against an emerging infectious disease: syphilis in Zurich at the dawn of the modern era (1496-1585)

• Auteurs principaux: Gall, Gabriella Eva Cristina (Auteur), Lautenschlager, Stephan (Auteur), Bagheri, Homayoun C. (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Syphilis is considered as one of the most devastating sexually transmitted diseases in human history. Based on historical records, the (German for ) spread through Europe after 1495 and shared symptoms with what we know today as syphilis. Many cities took measures to protect their population. Here,...