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Description:Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil 1930 to 1940 may seem less than a compelling title to readers, but it is the detailed report written by Fred Lowe Soper and D. Bruce Wilson about the public health emergency of the 1939 malaria epidemic in Brazil caused by malaria-infected Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes that had emerged as adults in Africa, hitched rides across the Atlantic by ship and landed to breed and reproduce in Northeastern Brazil. The terrible threat to the American continents faced in 1939 is stated in the introduction:"There is no doubt that this invasion of gambiae threatens the Americas with a catastrophe in comparison with which ordinary pestilence, conflagration or even war are but small and temporary calamities. Gambiae literally enters into the very veins of a country and may remain to plague it for centuries."As authors Soper and Wilson stated, "The cataclysm of 1938 left nothing to the imagination and gave to the Brazilians a new concept of the possibilities of malaria as a disease:'What will be the future of Brazil, invaded by A. gambiae? The continued presence of this invader amongst us throws a deep shadow on any optimistic prophecies regarding the destiny of our nation'(Belo da Mota, 1939)."As a witness to the African mosquito Anopheles gambiae's easy adaptation to the new environment it found itself in, Soper wrote: "Those who had the opportunity to observe gambiae in Ceará and Rio Grande do Norto from 1938 to 1940 have no doubt but that this species, unchecked, would have maintained itself indefinitely in Brazil and would have eventually become a scourge throughout the Americas."This book is amazingly and fascinatingly the boots-on-the-ground account of how this dangerous mosquito invasion and deadly epidemic was halted in its tracks, and not just rolled back, but eradicated in less than two years.Fred Soper was in charge of coordination of this massive and successful effort; this book is his report detailing the epidemic, the history, the organization that was created to fight it, the actual work and the results, along with his insights gained during this experience.Soper is rightly considered amongst the world's greatest anti-malaria warriors and the knowledge gained in fighting Anopheles gambiae in the field critically builds on and complements the discoveries made by Dr. William Gorgas and his teams in the 1904 eradication campaign in Panama.The William Gorgas (Havana and Panama 1904) and Fred Lowe Soper (1940) combination of practical knowledge of urban, town, suburban and field conditions in attacking and eradicating Anopheles gambiae provide the keys to success in taking the war on malaria to its home turf in Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940. To get started finding Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 262

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Literary Licensing

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1258463156

Description: Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil 1930 to 1940 may seem less than a compelling title to readers, but it is the detailed report written by Fred Lowe Soper and D. Bruce Wilson about the public health emergency of the 1939 malaria epidemic in Brazil caused by malaria-infected Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes that had emerged as adults in Africa, hitched rides across the Atlantic by ship and landed to breed and reproduce in Northeastern Brazil. The terrible threat to the American continents faced in 1939 is stated in the introduction:"There is no doubt that this invasion of gambiae threatens the Americas with a catastrophe in comparison with which ordinary pestilence, conflagration or even war are but small and temporary calamities. Gambiae literally enters into the very veins of a country and may remain to plague it for centuries."As authors Soper and Wilson stated, "The cataclysm of 1938 left nothing to the imagination and gave to the Brazilians a new concept of the possibilities of malaria as a disease:'What will be the future of Brazil, invaded by A. gambiae? The continued presence of this invader amongst us throws a deep shadow on any optimistic prophecies regarding the destiny of our nation'(Belo da Mota, 1939)."As a witness to the African mosquito Anopheles gambiae's easy adaptation to the new environment it found itself in, Soper wrote: "Those who had the opportunity to observe gambiae in Ceará and Rio Grande do Norto from 1938 to 1940 have no doubt but that this species, unchecked, would have maintained itself indefinitely in Brazil and would have eventually become a scourge throughout the Americas."This book is amazingly and fascinatingly the boots-on-the-ground account of how this dangerous mosquito invasion and deadly epidemic was halted in its tracks, and not just rolled back, but eradicated in less than two years.Fred Soper was in charge of coordination of this massive and successful effort; this book is his report detailing the epidemic, the history, the organization that was created to fight it, the actual work and the results, along with his insights gained during this experience.Soper is rightly considered amongst the world's greatest anti-malaria warriors and the knowledge gained in fighting Anopheles gambiae in the field critically builds on and complements the discoveries made by Dr. William Gorgas and his teams in the 1904 eradication campaign in Panama.The William Gorgas (Havana and Panama 1904) and Fred Lowe Soper (1940) combination of practical knowledge of urban, town, suburban and field conditions in attacking and eradicating Anopheles gambiae provide the keys to success in taking the war on malaria to its home turf in Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940. To get started finding Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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