Changes in indigenous dress and the cocoliztli epidemic of 1544-1548 in New Spain

Autor: Oscar René Benavides Cárabes, Carlos Viesca Treviño
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Social Medicine, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1557-7112
Popis: The changes in indigenous clothing during XVI century Mexico are examined as a factor in the creation of microclimates favorable to vectors of infectious diseases, such as exanthematous typhus, in relation to the cocoliztli epidemic of 1544-48 in New Spain. Key words: Epidemic, cocoliztli, exanthematous typhus, louse, clothing.
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