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Quarantine as a public health measure against an emerging infectious disease: syphilis in Zurich at the dawn of the modern era (1496–1585)

Syphilis is considered as one of the most devastating sexually transmitted diseases in human history. Based on historical records, the “Böse Blattern” (German for “Evil Pocks”) spread through Europe after 1495 and shared symptoms with what we know today as syphilis. Many cities took measures to prot...

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Autores principales: Gall, Gabriella Eva Cristina, Lautenschlager, Stephan, Bagheri, Homayoun C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000273