Using spot maps to find out the truth about the cholera epidemic: John Snow

WANG Xiao-yu; XU Wen-jing; WU Jun; YE Dong-qing

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.12.021

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WANG Xiao-yu, XU Wen-jing, WU Jun, YE Dong-qing. Using spot maps to find out the truth about the cholera epidemic: John Snow[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2020, 24(12): 1475-1478. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.12.021

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WANG Xiao-yu, XU Wen-jing, WU Jun, YE Dong-qing. Using spot maps to find out the truth about the cholera epidemic: John Snow[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2020, 24(12): 1475-1478. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.12.021

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Using spot maps to find out the truth about the cholera epidemic: John Snow

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.12.021

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University; Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China

WANG Xiao-yu and XU Wen-jing contributed equally to this article

Funds: The Chinese National High Level Personnel Special Support Plan

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Corresponding author: YE Dongqing, E-mail:anhuiydq@126.com
Received Date: 2020-10-13
Rev Recd Date: 2020-11-05
Publish Date: 2020-12-10

Abstract

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John Snow (1813-1858), a famous anesthesiologist and epidemiologist. Through investigation, he proved that cholera was transmitted by water contaminated by feces, and first put forward measures to prevent cholera, which prevented the spread of cholera in Britain in the 19th century. The investigation of cholera outbreak in Soho District of London in 1854 creatively used statistical methods for comparative analysis to determine the unique significance of field investigation in medical research. The drawing of "cholera epidemic map" also made mapping a basic research method in epidemiology. Snow was also known as "the father of epidemiology".
- Cholera,
- John Snow,
- Field survey,
- Historical personage,
- Public health,
- Epidemiology

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