A mortality study of the last outbreak of yellow fever in Barcelona City (Spain) in 1870 Estudio de la mortalidad del último brote de fiebre amarilla en la ciudad de Barcelona (España) en 1870

• Main Authors: Jaume Canela Soler (Author), Maria Rosa Pallarés Fusté (Author), Rafael Abós Herràndiz (Author), Carme Nebot Adell (Author), Robert S. Lawrence (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The last outbreak of yellow fever in the city of Barcelona, Spain, was caused by a ship arriving from Cuba. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the epidemic of 1870 by using the available mortality data. Methods: The information on 1,235 deaths identified in the paroc...