Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Drought, Smallpox, and Emergence of Leishmania braziliensis in Northeastern Brazil

Anastácio Q. Sousa

and Richard Pearson

Author affiliations: Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil (A.Q. Sousa); University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (A.Q. Sousa, R. Pearson)

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Figure 4

Discovery of human skeletons during excavation in 1994 of new sewage system in Ceará, Brazil, of persons who died of smallpox during the epidemic of 1877–1879. Photo courtesy of Jornal O Povo.

Figure 4. Discovery of human skeletons during excavation in 1994 of new sewage system in Ceará, Brazil, of persons who died of smallpox during the epidemic of 1877–1879. Photo courtesy of Jornal O Povo.

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