Control of Typhus Fever in Mexican Villages and Rural Populations Through the Use of DDT

Control of Typhus Fever in Mexican Villages and Rural Populations Through the Use of DDT Carlos Ortiz-Mariotte, Felipe Malo-Juvera, and George C. Payne CopyRight*The studies on which this paper is based were conducted by the Bureau of State Health Services and the Bureau of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Government of Mexico, with the support and under the auspices of the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation. The work was undertaken at the request of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Government. This Bureau obtained the realease of materials for the work, and through the personnel of its insecticide laboratory in Orlando, Fla., it gave valuable counsel on the conduct of the studies. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.35.11.1191 Published Online: August 29, 2011

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