Crónicas de arroz, mosquitos y paludismo en España: el caso de la provincia de Valencia (s. XVIII-XX)

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se discuten cuestiones, no sólo médicas, sino también demográficas, sociales, económicas y jurídicas, asociadas a la problemática arrocera de la época. Interesantes aspectos relacionados con los supuestos mecanismos de transmisión de la enfermedad, así como la lucha contra la misma a nivel quimioterapéutico y de saneamiento ambiental, también son expuestos. PALABRAS CLAVE: Epidemiología histórica. Historia de la medicina. Siglos XVIII-XIX y XX. Malaria. Arroz. Mosquitos. Anopheles. Valencia. CHRONICLES OF RICE, MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA IN SPAIN: THE CASE OF THE PROVINCE OF VALENCIA (18 TH-20 TH CENTURIES) ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the situation of the rice fields in the Valencia province (Eastern Spain) during the centuries XVIII-XX. This area, together with the region of Campo Arañuelo (Western Spain), is one of the territories with highest malaria prevalence during the Spain's Modern History. Medical, demographic, social, economic and legal issues related with the problematic of the rice during this epoch are also discussed. Furthermore, this article provides information about the supposed transmission mechanisms of the disease, as well as the fight against it through chemotherapeutic and environmental sanitation techniques.

Tertian Fevers in Catalonia in the Late Eighteenth Centuries: The Case of Barcelona (1783–1786)

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Re-Emergence of Malaria and Dengue in Europe

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O arroz colonial no reformismo ilustrado português (1750-1808)

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