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Learning from history: yellow fever<br />

Dengue<br />

and dengue in Europe<br />

1778 Cadiz<br />

<strong>An</strong> outbreak <strong>of</strong> infectious disease called<br />

“La La Piadosa” Piadosa = “Merciful Merciful”<br />

1927 South <strong>of</strong> Spain, <strong>An</strong>dalusia<br />

<strong>An</strong> outbreak <strong>of</strong> “colorado colorado” = “red red” with identical symptoms to actual<br />

dengue,<br />

5% mortality<br />

1883-1886 1883 1886 dengue is present in Greece<br />

1927-1928 1927 1928 Athens and Thessalonica<br />

<strong>An</strong> outbreak <strong>of</strong> dengue with 1 million cases and 1,000 deaths

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