Multiple choice

What sickness plagued the workers of the Panama Canal?

  1. The black plague

  2. red sickness

  3. ebola

  4. yellow fever
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Yellow fever and malaria, both transmitted by mosquitoes, were major diseases that plagued workers during the construction of the Panama Canal. Efforts led by William C. Gorgas to control mosquito populations were crucial to the canal's completion.

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