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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week a verruga expert, Dr. T. S. Battistini of the Peruvian Hygienic Institute, thought he had a promising lead: the sandfly is extremely vulnerable to DDT. When the rainy season ends in June, Peru will launch an intensive DDT attack in a test area. It will be none too soon; verruga, long unknown outside of Peru, seems to be spreading. Since 1939 outbreaks have been reported in Colombia and Ecuador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death in the Valley | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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