Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 14, 2026

Sexual Transmission of American Trypanosomes from Males and Females to Naive Mates
Published on: January 27, 2019
Slave mortality during the cholera epidemic in Rio de Janeiro (1855-1856): a preliminary analysis
Kaori Kodama1, Tânia Salgado Pimenta, Francisco Inácio Bastos
1Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 21040-361, kaori@coc.fiocruz.br.
Abstract:
The article offers a preliminary analysis of the sociodemographic profile of deaths recorded during the first cholera epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, based on data gathered from death records at Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital. After cholera appeared in the country in 1855, Brazilian medical reports indicated a social bias, with slaves and the free poor suffering high mortality. From a historical perspective, however, little research has been done on the epidemic and its dynamics. The recovery of original data on cholera and the analysis of cholera mortality rates help us to better understand aspects of the slave universe in the urban zone of Rio de Janeiro in the period following the end of the slave trade.
Related Concept Videos
Cholera
Population Growth
Life Tables
Applications of Life Tables
Actuarial Approach
Consider the example of a high-risk surgical procedure with significant early-stage mortality. A two-year clinical study is conducted,...
Bias in Epidemiological Studies

