The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 Karyna McGlynn Samuel Halpern is a systems

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The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 Karyna McGlynn Samuel Halpern is a systemsThis ground breaking study is the first to comprehensively examine the history of yellow fever in Louisiana. As the state's largest city and principal port, New Orleans was frequently the center of yellow fever outbreaks. Brought in repeatedly via shipping from Latin American endemic centers, the disease spread from the city throughout the region, carried by infected persons or mosquitoes, along the expanding lines of trade and travel river, coastal,