
handle: 10362/185513
Relatam-se primeiramente quais as epidemias de febre amarela de que houve noticia em Angola, tendo sido a mais importante, entre as conhecidas, a de 1860. Após esta data prevê-se a hipótese de muitos casos de febre amarela terem apareciclo, sem que no entanto se tratasse duma verdadeira epidemia, e que não tivessem sido de vidamente diagnosticados. Apontam-se os resultados dum primeiro inquérito realizado em 1934, sobre provas de protecção no ratinho, no qual se fizeram 949 provas, tendo 11 dos ·soros sido positivos. Todos estes soros foram ·colhidos no norte e costa de Angola. Em 1952 e 1953, realizaram os autores colheitas de sangues ·em 61 zonas de Angola, quase só em crianças até aos 15 anos, tendo-se procedido â prova de protecção na ratinho em 1.549 soros, dos quais ·38 foram positivos. Discutem-se a seguir os resultados obtidos, admitindo-se a probabilidade, de que no norte e em quase toda a extensão de Angola, os resultados positivos, poderiam traduzir a existência de vírus amarílíco, ao passo que as poucas provas positivas ·encontradas junto da fronteira sul, podem ter sido devidas a indígenas que anteriormente tivessem sido vacinados. Apresentam-se também alguns argumentos de carácter geográfico, climatológico e zoogeográfico que podem fundamentar estas opiniões.
The authors report the yellow fever epidemies in Angola of wich we had, knowledge the most important, amongst those known, being in 1860. After this date many other cases of yellow fever are supposed to have occured, not being really epidemies however, but they were not duly diagnosed. The results of the first study on neutralization tests in mice carried out in 1934 are presented. ln this study 949 tests were performed, 11 of which had positive sera. All these sera were collected in the North and Coast of Angola. ln 1952 and 1953 the authors collected blood in 61 zones of Angola, almost only from children up to 15 years old, having performed neutralization tests in mice in 1,549 sera of which 38 •showed positive results. The results obtained are discussed and the ,authors believe that the positive results obtained in the North and Coast might be due to the existence of the yellow fever virus there, but that the few positive results found on Southern frontier might have been due to natives who had been vaccinated before. Some geographical, climatological, and zoogeographical considerations which contríbute to this opinion are presented.
Angola, Febre amarela, Doenças tropicais
Angola, Febre amarela, Doenças tropicais
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