Epidemic

yellow fever in Buenos Aires

1852 – 1871 · 37.00° S, 60.00° W

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When
1852 – 1871
Kind
Epidemic
Coordinates
37.00° S, 60.00° W
Description
series of yellow fever epidemics in 1852, 1858, 1870, and 1871 in Argentina

Yellow fever in Buenos Aires

Series of yellow fever epidemics in 1852, 1858, 1870, and 1871

The Yellow fever in Buenos Aires was a series of epidemics that took place in 1852, 1858, 1870 and 1871, the latter being a disaster that killed about 8% of Porteños: in a city where the daily death rate was less than 20, there were days that killed more than 500 people.

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