Barbuti Giovanna, Bernardi Antonella, Napoli Christian, Montagna Maria Teresa
Ig Sanita Pubbl. 2011 Mar-Apr;67(2):209-32.
Historians and epidemiologists agree that seven pandemics of cholera have occurred from 1817 to the present time. However they do not always agree on the date of onset and extinction of several of the pandemics. Cholera appeared for the first time in Europe and therefore in Italy in the first half of the 19th century. In this context, the population of the Puglia region (Italy) was first affected by cholera starting in 1836, during the second pandemic, and then again during the following pandemics and in more recent local outbreaks in 1973 and 1994. This article describes the impact of the disease in the Puglia region, not only in terms of morbidity and mortality but also in terms of collective behaviour and public health interventions. Information was obtained from documents held by the State Archives of the city of Bari and from local documents. This historical analysis highlights the great progress made in this Region in terms of environmental rehabilitation and control of infectious diseases.
历史学家和流行病学家一致认为，自1817年至今已发生过七次霍乱大流行。然而，他们对于其中几次大流行的起始和结束日期并不总是意见一致。霍乱于19世纪上半叶首次在欧洲出现，进而在意大利出现。在此背景下，普利亚地区（意大利）的人口于1836年第二次大流行期间首次受到霍乱影响，随后在接下来的几次大流行以及1973年和1994年最近的局部疫情中再次受到影响。本文描述了该疾病在普利亚地区造成的影响，不仅涉及发病率和死亡率，还涉及集体行为和公共卫生干预措施。信息来源于巴里市国家档案馆保存的文件以及地方文件。这一历史分析凸显了该地区在环境恢复和传染病控制方面取得的巨大进展。
