The Unknown Infection, or ‘Rožňava Disease’ in Czechoslovakia in 1951

IF 0.8 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Contemporary European History Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI:10.1017/s0960777323000553

Kristýna Kaucká

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Abstract

This article analyses the scientific and ideological impact of the 1951 tick-borne encephalitis epidemic in Rožňava (Czechoslovakia). Scientists in Rožňava discovered the possibility of transmission of the tick-borne encephalitis virus through non-pasteurised milk. The article focuses on both the outbreak in Rožňava, with its social and ideological implications, and the subsequent virological research, which became a means of prestige and symbolic power for Czechoslovak scientists within the domestic and international scientific community. The article shows that an epidemic can become a tool of power. The Rožňava epidemic, although now forgotten, helped establish the institutional background for virological research in Czechoslovakia and was at the origin of the still cutting-edge knowledge of tick-borne encephalitis.

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1951 年捷克斯洛伐克的未知感染或 "罗兹纳瓦病

本文分析了 1951 年罗兹纳瓦（捷克斯洛伐克）蜱传脑炎疫情对科学和意识形态的影响。罗日纳瓦的科学家发现了蜱传脑炎病毒通过未经巴氏消毒的牛奶传播的可能性。文章重点介绍了罗日纳瓦的疫情及其社会和意识形态影响，以及随后的病毒学研究，该研究成为捷克斯洛伐克科学家在国内和国际科学界获得声望和象征性权力的手段。文章表明，流行病可以成为权力的工具。罗兹纳瓦疫情虽然现在已被人们遗忘，但它帮助捷克斯洛伐克建立了病毒学研究的制度背景，是蜱传脑炎前沿知识的起源。

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期刊介绍： Contemporary European History covers the history of Eastern and Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, from 1918 to the present. By combining a wide geographical compass with a relatively short time span, the journal achieves both range and depth in its coverage. It is open to all forms of historical inquiry - including cultural, economic, international, political and social approaches - and welcomes comparative analysis. One issue per year explores a broad theme under the guidance of a guest editor. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.