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A History of Plague in the United States of America
U.S. Public Health Service · Victor H. Link
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Epidemics & public health · 6 March 1900–11 December 1902Open File evidence →
The First San Francisco Plague Epidemic and Chinatown Quarantine
San Francisco Chinatown, represented at Portsmouth Square · United States
Why editors use it hereDetailed federal monograph on the first San Francisco epidemic, quarantine, official response, and court challenges.
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The first documented locally acquired human plague infection in the continental United States was identified in San Francisco's Chinatown in March 1900.
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Trigger and conditions
On 6 March 1900, the body of Wong Chut King was examined after his death at the Globe Hotel.
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Uncertainty
Historical sources differ in how they classify a small number of suspected cases and in their exact boundaries for the first epidemic.
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Why it matters
The epidemic cannot be understood as either a fabricated scare or a neutral medical response.
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