Sentences with phrase «pellagra cases»

Right away, Goldberger saw a flaw in the fly - infection theory: Institutions with pellagra cases consistently reported that staff members, presumably vulnerable to the same flies, weren't diagnosed with the disease.

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In the intervening centuries, pellagra was particularly widespread — and well documented — in northern Italy, with cases reported as far afield as South Africa and Egypt.

[51] It was estimated that there were 3 million cases and 100,000 deaths due to pellagra during the epidemic.