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The Problem of the Seasonal Prevalence of Plague

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

L. Otten
L. Otten
Affiliation:
Director Pasteur Institute, Bandoeng, Java.
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1. The epidemic spread of plague in Java usually shows periodicity in that the increase commences in the third quarter, the driest period of the year, the apex being reached in the last months of the year. Afterwards, still in the middle of the wet monsoon, the decrease commences and reaches its lowest point in the second quarter.

2. This seasonal course of plague—in the mountainous parts of Java at least—corresponds with a distinct fluctuation in the flea index during the same period.

3. Whereas under the climatic conditions of the mountainous regions of Java the flea index usually follows the rise and fall of the saturation deficiency, it has been shown that in British India the influence of the saturation deficiency is in an exactly opposite direction.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , July 1932 , pp. 396 - 405
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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