Cholera in Haiti and other Caribbean regions, 19th century.
Abstract
Medical journals and other sources do not show evidence that cholera occurred in Haiti
before 2010, despite the devastating effect of this disease in the Caribbean region
in the 19th century. Cholera occurred in Cuba in 1833-1834; in Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto
Rico, St. Thomas, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Nevis, Trinidad, the Bahamas, St. Vincent,
Granada, Anguilla, St. John, Tortola, the Turks and Caicos, the Grenadines (Carriacou
and Petite Martinique), and possibly Antigua in 1850-1856; and in Guadeloupe, Cuba,
St. Thomas, the Dominican Republic, Dominica, Martinique, and Marie Galante in 1865-1872.
Conditions associated with slavery and colonial military control were absent in independent
Haiti. Clustered populations, regular influx of new persons, and close quarters of
barracks living contributed to spread of cholera in other Caribbean locations. We
provide historical accounts of the presence and spread of cholera epidemics in Caribbean
islands.
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10.3201/eid1711.110958Publication Info
(2011). Cholera in Haiti and other Caribbean regions, 19th century. Emerg Infect Dis, 17(11). pp. 2130-2135. 10.3201/eid1711.110958. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/5109.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Deborah Jenson
Professor of Romance Studies
A scholar of "long 19th century" French and Caribbean literature and culture, I also
work in the fields of cognitive literary studies and health humanities. Monographs,
edited volumes, editions, and translations include: Beyond the Slave Narrative: Politics,
Sex, and Manuscripts in the Haitian Revolution; Trauma and Its Representations: The
Social Life of Mimesis in Post-Revolutionary France; Poetry of Haitian Independence
(with D. Kadish and N. Shapiro); Unconscious Dominions:
Victoria Szabo
Research Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
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and technology, media, communication, and information studies, especially in relation
to spatial, immersive, and interactive media forms, histories, and cultures. My current
projects focus on extended reality (XR) experiences in urban, exurban, and exhibition
context, with ongoing attention to location-based augmented reality. Recent collaborative,
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