title: Knowledge and power: the asymmetry of interests of Colombian and Rockefeller doctors in the construction of the concept of "jungle yellow fever," 1907-19381.
abstract: This study examines the asymmetries among the different interests of officials and medical doctors who worked for the Rockefeller Foundation and their Colombian counterparts in the development and consolidation of the concept of "jungle yellow fever," as distinguished from the known urban form of yellow fever. We explore the research responses to a variety of disease outbreaks in Colombia in the context of the Rockefeller campaigns against yellow fever, from the time of Roberto Franco's initial description of "yellow fever of the forests" in 1907 until the consolidation of the concept of "jungle yellow fever" by Fred Soper in 1938.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Researcher, History of Medicine Center, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quevedo
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manosalva
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tafur
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bedoya
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matiz
authors.forename: Elquin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005582:Foundations / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000266:history*; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000266:history; D014481:United States; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*