Original Article
SCARLET FEVER ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
Abstract
SUMMARY(1) During the forty-year period 1904-1944 there were 146 cases of autochthonous scarlet fever admitted to Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone. The rate was 2.7 per 10,000 hospital admissions. Four patients or 2.7 per cent died.(2) The disease, as elsewhere, is predominantly one of childhood. The course is essentially similar to that in temperate zones, but it may be somewhat milder.(3) The wet and dry seasons had no apparent effect on the incidence of the disease. Cases were scattered rather evenly throughout the forty-year period except for 1921, when 36 cases occurred.(4) The diagnosis of scarlet fever was made 5 times more frequently in whites than in Negroes.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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