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Yellow Fever Led to the Use of Mosquito Nets in Sonora

During his section "Sonora in Time," historian Joaquín Robles Linares recalled the arrival of yellow fever in Guaymas in August 1883, transported by the ship NewBern. The disease, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, spread rapidly throughout the state thanks to the rail connection with Hermosillo. At that time, the exact transmission mechanism was unknown, but years later a Cuban doctor confirmed that the mosquito was the vector, which tr…
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During his section "Sonora in Time," historian Joaquín Robles Linares recalled the arrival of yellow fever in Guaymas in August 1883, transported by the ship NewBern. The disease, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, spread rapidly throughout the state thanks to the rail connection with Hermosillo. At that time, the exact transmission mechanism was unknown, but years later a Cuban doctor confirmed that the mosquito was the vector, which tr…

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Periódico Expreso - Más Cerca de Ti broke the news in on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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