Question

How were these diseases carried? Building the Panama Canal

Answer 1

Of the tens of thousands of workers constructing the French canal, over 85% were hospitalised and 22,000 died primarily due to Yellow Fever. This mosquito-borne viral disease causes terrible symptoms including internal bleeding and jaundice (from which the disease gets its name).

Answer 2

The control of malaria was vital for the construction of the Panama Canal. The discovery by Major Ronald Ross that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes had tremendous impact on development programs in the tropics

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