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HiSTOReLo. Revista de Historia Regional y Local

On-line version ISSN 2145-132X

Abstract

ALVAREZ CARDOZO, Adriana Carlina. The Appearance of Cholera in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1865-1996. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2012, vol.4, n.8, pp.172-208. ISSN 2145-132X.

The aim of this article is to rethink the choleraic episodes that took place in Buenos Aires (Argentina) between late 19 th century and last years of the 20 th century. The author takes into account the particularities of the Buenos Aires health infrastructure, which was deployed between the seventies (19th century) after the first epidemic, and the period of the nineties (20th centuary). She explains the reasons why cholera spread differently to what is evident in other cities in the interior of the country like Córdoba, Salta, among others; in such a way that it deals an aspect that has been little taken into account until now by historians, such as differences between epidemics of "focus" and the "extended". Understanding, that in a century and another, the lack of infrastructure were causes of the cholera, and that there was a tendency to hide the true state of this situation.

Keywords : cholera; epidemic; immigration; exchange; Buenos Aires; Argentina.

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