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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2013

Quinto Tiberio Angelerio and new measures for controlling plague in 16th-century Alghero, Sardinia.

Raffaella Bianucci, Ole Jørgen Benedictow, Gino Fornaciari, Valentina Giuffra

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Raffaella BianucciDepartment of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, University of Turin, C.so Galileo Galilei, 22, 10126 Turin, Italy. raffaella.bianucci@unito.it
Ole Jørgen Benedictow
Gino Fornaciari
Valentina Giuffra
University of Pisa · ITUniversity of Oslo · NOUniversity of Turin · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plague, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, has been responsible for at least 3 pandemics. During 1582-1583, a plague outbreak devastated the seaport of Alghero in Sardinia. By analyzing contemporary medical texts and local documentation, we uncovered the pivotal role played by the Protomedicus of Alghero, Quinto Tiberio Angelerio (1532-1617), in controlling the epidemic. Angelerio imposed rules and antiepidemic measures new to the 16th-century sanitary system of Sardinia. Those measures undoubtedly spared the surrounding districts from the spread of the contagion. Angelerio seems to have been an extremely successful public health officer in the history of plague epidemics in Sardinia.

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History, 16th CenturyHumansItalyPandemicsPlague16th-century Sardinian medicinebacteriaplaguesanitary measuresSardiniavector-borne infectionsYersinia pestiszoonoses

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PMID23968598
PMCPMC3810900
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