Yellow fever was a deadly scourge that had a devastating effect on lives and economies throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This engrossing Web exhibit features historical documents from the Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection at the University of Virginia. It focuses on the work of the Reed Commission, which proved that the Aedes aegypti mosquito was the vector for the yellow fever virus.
Go to: http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/yelfev/tabcon.html
