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A Research Enclave in 1940s Nigeria: The Rockefeller Foundation Yellow Fever Research Institute at Yaba, Lagos, 1943–49

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summary:This article examines the history of yellow fever research carried out in West Africa in the 1940s by Rockefeller Foundation scientists. It engages with a number of debates in the… Click to show full abstract

summary:This article examines the history of yellow fever research carried out in West Africa in the 1940s by Rockefeller Foundation scientists. It engages with a number of debates in the history of medical research in colonial Africa, including experimentation, the construction of the “field,” and biosecurity.

Keywords: yellow fever; research; rockefeller foundation; fever research

Journal Title: Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Year Published: 2018

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