Article ID: CBB001200324

Infected Rails: Yellow Fever and Southern Railroads (2013)

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The article discusses the residents of U.S. Southern States' efforts to prevent railroad trains from passing through their towns in the later 19th century so as to prevent the yellow fever epidemic from spreading there. An overview of Southern cities' municipal governments' instituting of quarantines, including in Jacksonville, Florida, is provided. The role that yellow fever played in the Southern States' economic conditions, including the impact of quarantines on railroad travel, is discussed.

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Authors & Contributors
Kathryn Olivarius
Espinosa, Mariola
Mercuriale, Girolamo
Adria L. Imada
Privette, Lindsay Rae
Willoughby, Urmi Engineer
Concepts
Public health
Epidemics
Yellow fever
Prevention and control of disease
Quarantine
Infectious diseases
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
Renaissance
20th century, late
Places
United States
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Cuba
New Orleans (Louisiana, U.S.)
Brazil
Philadelphia, PA
Institutions
Illinois Central Railroad
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