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The Susceptibility to Yellow Fever of the Vertebrates of Eastern Colombia

I. Marsupialia^1,2,

Introduction

Jungle yellow fever was first recognized in eastern Colombia in the Intendencia del Meta in August of 1934, when an outbreak began in the vicinity of the town of Restrepo and continued through February, 1935. In the latter half of 1935, the disease appeared near the towns of Villavicencio and Acacías; and during the last eight months of 1936, cases occurred in all three regions. The year 1937 saw a few cases in the lower reaches of the rivers draining the previously involved areas and following these cases, no further ones were recognized in the Acacías-Villavicencio-Restrepo area proper up to the period covered by this report (July 1940).

The details of these outbreaks have been reported in a previous publication (1). A study of the findings led to the decision to initiate intensive investigations of the region, especially with respect to the arthropod and vertebrate fauna, to determine the relationships of these various forms of life to the epidemiology of the disease in man.

¹ The studies and observations on which this paper is based were conducted with the support and under the auspices of the Section of Special Studies maintained by the Colombian Government and the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation.

² Acknowledgment is hereby made to the Museum of Natural History, New York, for the many courtesies extended during the study of South American mammals.