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. 1998;5(3):603-20.

[Fighting Nazis and mosquitoes: US military men in Northeastern Brazil (1941-1945)]

[Article in Portuguese]
A L Campos  1
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[Fighting Nazis and mosquitoes: US military men in Northeastern Brazil (1941-1945)]

[Article in Portuguese]
A L Campos. Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 1998.

Abstract

Malaria-control policies enforced at US military bases set up in Brazil during World War II serve as an example in this analysis of the associations between disease and war. Case studies of the three main US bases (located in Belém, Recife and Natal) show how malaria can be transformed into a matter of political-military security. An examination of the Natal case allows the reader to perceive the prejudices, political mistrust, and nationalistic tensions marking relations between the Brazilians and Americans.

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