Episode 2 of 4
Malaria Identification in Bukhara
- When
- August 1889
- Where
- Emirate of Bukhara
A local commission and historians identified the infectious agent in Bukhara as malaria, not influenza, for the period May to August 1889.
In August 1889, a local independent commission of four doctors identified the infectious agent in Bukhara as malaria. Historians in 2023 agreed with this assessment. They suggested anomalously cold winters and high groundwater levels as factors for the severity of the outbreak.
Sources
- 1889–1890 pandemic Wikipedia
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