Cocoliztli

This refers to a series of epidemics.

 

Location

• Central Mexico
• South Mexico
• South America (potentially)

 

Timeline

• 1519 : Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico
• 1520 : Major epidemic
• 1545 : Major epidemic
• 1576 : Major epidemic
• 1736 : Major epidemic
• 1813 : Major epidemic

 

Identity

• Paratyphoid fever
• Typhus 
• Measles 
• Smallpox
• A mixed infection with multiple pathogens

 

Etymology

• The word cocoliztli originated from the Nahuatl word for "pest", or disease, illness, and plague. 

 

Death toll

• 5-18 million deaths