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Contribución a la historia de la coqueluche en Chile: Siglo XIX / A contribution to the history of pertussis in Chile: XIX Century
Laval R, Enrique.
  • Laval R, Enrique; s.af
Rev. chil. infectol ; 27(4): 351-355, ago. 2010. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS, MINSALCHILE | ID: lil-567554
RESUMEN
Los historiadores chilenos de la Medicina no relatan epidemias importantes de coqueluche en el país durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII, con poca información disponible sobre las sucedidas en casi todo el siglo XIX, destacándose la de La Serena en 1851 y Valdivia en 1853. En el último tercio del siglo XIX, hubo comunicaciones sobre epidemias ocurridas, tanto en Santiago como en otras regiones de Chile, señalándose que entre 1892 y 1895 fallecieron por coqueluche 8.181 enfermos, lo que pudo deberse a la gravedad de las epidemias que se produjeron a partir de 1890. Es interesante indicar que, con bastante frecuencia, co-existieron epidemias de sarampión y coqueluche, o bien estas últimas fueron precedidas o seguidas por aquellas.
ABSTRACT
Chilean historians of Medicine do not mention significant pertussis epidemics in the country during XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries, and scarce information is available about epidemics occurred during most of the XIX century, emphasizing one that happened in La Serena in 1851 and Valdivia in 1853. In the last third of the XIX century, epidemics that happened in Santiago as in other Chilean regions were described, reporting that, between 1892 and 1895, 8,181 patients died of pertussis, high numbers most likely due to the severity of epidemics observed since 1890. Measles and pertussis epidemics often co-existed, or were antedated or followed by the other.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Whooping Cough / Epidemics Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. chil. infectol Year: 2010 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Whooping Cough / Epidemics Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. chil. infectol Year: 2010 Type: Article