An imperial laboratory: the investigation and treatment of treponematoses in occupied Haiti, 1915-1934
This article examines anti-treponematoses work as part of US occupation public health policy in Haiti, a unique event in the history of international health. Yaws was highly prevalent in Haiti, but occupation doctors initially ignored it because of its close association with syphilis and stigmas att...
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| Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
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| Series: | História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702017000401089&lng=en&tlng=en |
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