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How widespread was yellow fever during the 1600s and 1700s?​

How widespread was yellow fever during the 1600s and 1700s?​-example-1
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The first yellow fever outbreaks in the United States occurred in late 1690s. Nearly 100 years later, in the late summer of 1793, refugees from a yellow fever epidemic in the Caribbean fled to Philadelphia. Within weeks, people throughout the city were experiencing symptoms.

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