1870 Barcelona yellow fever epidemic

Disease outbreak in Barcelona, Spain October 2025 1870-11-25,_La_Ilustración_Española_y_Americana,_España,_Barcelona_(cropped)_Enfermo_agonizante.jpg Yellow fever Barcelona, Spain 1870 1235 The 1870 Barcelona yellow fever epidemic was an epidemic that took place in the Spanish city of Barcelona in 1870. The epidemic started in August 1870 and lasted to the end of the year. The yellow fever virus is transmitted via a species of invasive mosquitoes called Aedes aegypti. The yellow fever was brought to the city by a ship that had arrived from Cuba, but the mosquitoes failed to survive Barcelona's cold weather conditions in December 1870. __TOC__ History In the late 19th century, Barcelona was known as a commercial port city with a harbor that connected the city to other cities and countries.Canela Soler Jaume Pallarés Fusté Maria Rosa Abós Herràndiz Rafael Nebot Adell Carme Lawrence Robert S. 1 July 2009 A mortality study of the last outbreak of yellow fever in Barcelona City (Spain) in 1870 Gaceta Sanitaria en 23 4 295–299 10.1016/j.gaceta.2008.09.008 19268397 2023350 0213-9111 free The harbor was crucial for trade, exchange of ideas, and overall contact with the foreign world. Yellow fever was one of the diseases the people of Barcelona suffered from due to such contact. The yellow fever virus is transmitted via a species of invasive mosquitoes called Aedes aegypti.Klitting Raphaëlle Gould Ernest Paupy Christophe de Lamballerie Xavier 8 June 2018 What Does the Future Hold for Yellow Fever Virus? (I) Genes en 9 6 291 10.3390/genes9060291 29890711 6027470 2073-4425 free The Epidemic The yellow fever was brought to the city by a ship that had arrived from Cuba. The yellow fever epidemic occurred during late 1870, beginning in August to the end of the year. There were a total of 1235 deaths; 468 women and 767 men. The epidemic ended due to the city following hygienic measures and the mosquitoes not surviving Barcelona's cold weather conditions in December 1870. These mosquitoes are said to be great carriers of the yellow fever virus and have led to larger outbreaks throughout other places in Europe.Medlock Jolyon M. Hansford Kayleigh M. Schaffner Francis Versteirt Veerle Hendrickx Guy Zeller Herve Bortel Wim Van 1 June 2012 A Review of the Invasive Mosquitoes in Europe: Ecology, Public Health Risks, and Control Options Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12 6 435–447 10.1089/vbz.2011.0814 1530-3667 3366101 22448724 Similar Incident There were two epidemics of the same disease had taken place previously in Barcelona. One took place in 1803 while the other in 1821. The estimated number of people killed in 1821 is said to be either 3,251,https://books.google.com/books?id=kHRUAAAAcAAJ Memoria histórico-científica sobre la epidemia de fiebre amarilla sufrida en Barcelona en 1870, redactada por una comision espacial compuesta de los Académicos de número Doctores D. Antonio Mendoza, D. Ramon Torent, D. Luís Carreras y Aragó, D. Bartolomé Robert y D. Francisco de P. Campá: Academia de medicina y cirujía de Barcelona 1872 Tipogr. de Jaime Jepús es 6,244,García José Antonio Ortiz 2017 Autoridad e imagen de la epidemia: la fiebre amarilla en la Barcelona del siglo XIX https://raco.cat/index.php/Potestas/article/view/338653 Potestas 11 93–110 10.6035/Potestas.2017.11.5 2340-499X 10234/175446 free or more than 8,000.Agustí David Historia breve de Barcelona 2008 Sílex 9788477372059 Madrid 888278301 There was, also in the 19th century, another epidemic that had occurred in Wales. The 1865 South Wales epidemic occurred due to the arrival of a boat filled with infected passengers and A. aegypti mosquitos. References Category:19th century in Barcelona Category:1870s epidemics Category:1870 disasters Category:1870 in health Category:1870 disasters in Spain Category:August 1870 in Europe Category:19th-century disease outbreaks Category:Yellow fever epidemics Category:Disease outbreaks in Spain