Ya zuwa shekaru 1600, anki yarda da wannan dabarar. Duk da haka, wani masani French obstetrician Francois Mauriceau yace kada a ajiye marasa lafiya a dakuna masu jan labule. Kore zai fi bisaga na shi gaddamar. Yanzu kimanin shekaru 300 kamin wannan kwayar cutar da ta kawo bakon dauro da aka gano.
A wata koyarwa ta 1979 bisa tarihin kwayar cutar, J.H.M Axton ya tuna da yadda yaji da cutar bakon dauro lokacin yana yaro. Abu mai koren alamu wanda ya nuna sosai, koda yake Axton bai fadi dalilin ba:
"Abinda na iya tunawa shine wani daki mai duhu wanda aka yi mani reno daga nan kuma aka sani na sa hula dole da ke da zane da kore, wadda aka saya musamman domin wannan shirin. "
A yau, babu sauran magani na musamman domin kwayar cutar.
Mai saurin kamuwa, kwayar cutar bakon dauro na rayuwa a jikin majinar mara lafiya wadda ke a makogoro ko hanci da kuma yaduwar na faruwa ne ta wajen yin attishawa ko kuma tari. Alhalin ba kamar wasu kwayoyin cutar ba dake mutuwa da sauri yayinda suka sha iska, kamar kanjamau, bakon dauro yana rayuwa zuwa sa’a biyu kan wurin da ya kamu a wajen jiki. Kamuwar na kai ga zubar hanci da zazzabi da tari. A cikin kwanaki biyar, mara lafiya yana samun jiki mai kaikai.
Yawan cututtuka na hada da cutar sanyi, cutar ciwon kwakwalwa, da kuma cutar gudawa. A tsakanin yara marasa isasshen abinci da kuma rashin vitamin A, daya cikin hudu da ya kamu da cutar maiyiwuwa ya mutu daga cutar. A wasu yanayin kuma, yaran da suka warke daga cutar bakon dauro zasu iya samun wata cutar mai zafi sosai, wadda ake kira subacutesclerosingpanencephalitis, kusan shekara goma bayan kamuwar.