Title:

Sanitary inspector checking for Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in Mexico

Date:

[1930s]

Description:

In this photograph a sanitary inspector in Mexico is looking for larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the urban vector of yellow fever.. The Pan American Sanitary Bureau, World Health Organization, and other international health agencies assisted the governments of the western hemisphere in the eradication of malaria and Aedes aegypti.

Location:

Box: 28

Rights:

Courtesy of Fred L. Soper.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Mosquito Control and Mexico

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

VVBBCF

NLM ID:

101584650X25

Profiles Collection:

The Fred L. Soper Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584650X25

Story Section:

Biographical Information