Asymptomatic African malaria carriers were treated as a threat to Europeans.
Evidence
This measure was inspired in part by the realization that many Africans carried the parasite but showed no clinical symptoms of malaria. All Africans thus posed a danger to Europeans. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1041
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
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