Epidemic
Open on the mapLower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878
Aug 1878 – Nov 1878 · 32.97° N, 89.98° W
What the records say
- When
- Aug 1878 – Nov 1878
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 32.97° N, 89.98° W
- Description
- disease outbreak in the United States
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Lower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878
Disease outbreak in the United States
In 1878, a severe yellow fever epidemic swept through the lower Mississippi Valley. More than 74,000 cases and nearly 16,000 deaths across Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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