Knowledge and Power: The Asymmetry of Interests of Colombian and Rockefeller Doctors in the Construction of the Concept of Jungle Yellow Fever, 1907-1938

Emilio Quevedo Velez; Monica  Tafur A.; Giovanna  Matiz; Carolina Manosalva R.; Joanna  Bedoya D.; Elquin Alfonso Morales Lizarazo

Knowledge and Power: The Asymmetry of Interests of Colombian and Rockefeller Doctors in the Construction of the Concept of Jungle Yellow Fever, 1907-1938

Emilio Quevedo Velez, Monica Tafur A., Giovanna Matiz, Carolina Manosalva R., Joanna Bedoya D., Elquin Alfonso Morales Lizarazo

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This study examines the asymmetries among the different interests of officials and medical doctors who worked for the Rockefeller Foundation and their Colombian counterparts in the development and consolidation of the concept of "jungle yellow fever," as distinguished from the known urban form of yellow fever. We explore the research responses to a variety of disease outbreaks in Colombia in the context of the Rockefeller campaigns against yellow fever, from the time of Roberto Franco's initial description of "yellow fever of the forests" in 1907 until the consolidation of the concept of "jungle yellow fever" by Fred Soper in 1938.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	71 - 109
Number of pages	39
Journal	Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la médecine
Volume	25
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Knowledge and Power: The Asymmetry of Interests of Colombian and Rockefeller Doctors in the Construction of the Concept of Jungle Yellow Fever, 1907-1938. / Quevedo Velez, Emilio; Tafur A., Monica ; Matiz, Giovanna et al.
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